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Five Tips To Help Navigate The Insurance Claims Process

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Companies purchase liability insurance, often referred to as “litigation insurance,” to help manage the risk of lawsuits they may face. Most policyholders understand that they need to provide notice of claims, but there are a...more

White and Williams LLP

Despite No Privity of Contract, Indiana Appellate Court Holds Additional Insured with UIM Claim May Sue for Bad Faith

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Your friend invites you out to dinner. She offers to pick you up since your house is on the way. As you head toward the restaurant, your friend’s car is sideswiped by a driver who blew through a red light. You are seriously...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loan Guaranties: Statutory and Legal Defenses Can Be Waived, But What About Equitable Defenses?

Guarantors of loans occupy a vulnerable position under California law. While direct borrowers often benefit from California’s robust statutory anti-deficiency framework, those protections are often unavailable for...more

Dechert LLP

Restructuring and Insolvency Bulletin: Issue 4 - May 2018: Bad Faith and Misconduct Not a Bar to US Recognition of Hong Kong...

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Manley Toys Limited once claimed to be the seventh largest toy company in the world. Due to ongoing litigation and declining sales, it entered into a voluntary liquidation in Hong Kong. On March 22, 2016, the debtor’s...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Delaware Law Updates - 2016 Year in Review

Our Delaware Corporate and Alternative Entity Law attorneys closely followed the opinions coming from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. Our 2016 Year in Review is a collection of brief summaries of selected...more

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Third Circuit Holds That Under Pennsylvania Law An Insured Against Whom Punitive Damages Have Been Imposed May Not Recover Those...

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As a matter of public policy, Pennsylvania (like a number of other states) prohibits insuring against punitive damages. But what happens if an insurer refuses to settle a case against a policyholder within policy limits and...more

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