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Attorney Malpractice Bad Faith

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Alter Ego — No Single Factor is Determinative

Alter ego liability is again the flavor of the day... As previously covered, the alter ego doctrine allows a court to disregard a corporate entity (including LLCs) and hold the individual owners liable for claims against...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - July 2021

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Appellate courts have been busy the last few weeks deciding a wide swath of insurance issues. The Eighth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to weigh in on pandemic-related business interruption claims. ...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employer Sues Its Law Firm for Malpractice and EPLI Insurer for Bad Faith

These days, more employers than ever are purchasing Employment Practices Liability Insurance (“EPLI”) to cover them in the event they get sued for employment-related claims. (See our earlier posting on that topic: “A Handy...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Can There Be Implicit Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Insurance Bad Faith Actions? South Carolina Supreme Court Answers...

In June, the South Carolina Supreme Court addressed waiver of the attorney-client privilege in bad faith refusal to provide coverage cases and found that, under South Carolina law, an insurer that asserts its subjective...more

White and Williams LLP

The ALI Restatement – What Lies Ahead?

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The American Law Institute voted on May 22, 2018 to approve the final draft of its “Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance.” This was the culmination of an eight-year project that evolved through 29 drafts resulting in...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Legal Malpractice Claim Was Barred by Six-Year Statute of Repose, and Collateral Estoppel...

Prospect Development, LLC, et al v. Donald Kreger and Schiff Hardin, 2016 IL App (1st) 150433 - Brief Summary - Plaintiff sued a lawyer and his law firm for alleged legal malpractice arising out of the collapse of a...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

The Big Three: The 9th Circuit Joins The 6th Circuit and 7th Circuit in Holding That Sanctions For Bad-Faith Litigation Tactics...

In Law v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (2015 S.O.S. 13–56099 – filed August 27, 2015), the Ninth Circuit joined the shortlist of Circuit Courts to hold that sanctions for bad-faith litigation tactics under 28 U.S.C. section 1927...more

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