A recent appellate court decision could help policyholders secure insurance coverage for losses arising out of state-sponsored cyberattacks. In Merck & Co., Inc. v. ACE American Ins. Co., the Superior Court of New Jersey...more
In this episode, partners Jeff Meagher and Lucas Tanglen, along with associate Reymond Yammine, discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict and insurance for state-sponsored cyberattacks, including lessons learned from the NotPetya...more
In a clear rejection of insurers’ attempts to artificially narrow the broad coverage provided by commercial general liability (“CGL”) policies, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that an...more
Three well-established rules — (1) that policy exclusions are to be interpreted narrowly, (2) that an insurer has the burden to prove the applicability of an exclusion, and (3) that an insurer has a duty to defend as long as...more