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Robins Kaplan LLP

Take-Home COVID: The New Frontier?

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As COVID-19 continues to spread, so do the liability theories it leaves in its wake, including so-called “take-home” COVID-19 liability. “Take-home” liability first earned notoriety through lawsuits filed by mesothelioma...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Looking Ahead to 2022: Property & Casualty Considerations For The Coming Year

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The last few years have been a reckoning for the insurance industry. Years of decreasing premiums were incompatible with the reality of frequent and more severe natural catastrophes, increasing jury awards in liability cases,...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Eighth Circuit Reinforces Trend Denying Insurance Coverage for COVID-related Loss

In the wake of COVID-19 and governmental closure orders, many businesses were forced to temporarily suspend their operations. Consequently, many consumer-facing businesses lost out on a significant source of income. As...more

Morgan Lewis

Insurance, Liability, and Enforcement Considerations for Organizations Providing Vaccine Access

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The recent rollout of various COVID-19 vaccines has raised many questions around their availability, distribution, and requirements for employers and other groups, including essential insurance, liability, and enforcement...more

Nossaman LLP

On-Demand Webinar | Insurance Issues Faced by Employers in Times of COVID-19

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Each month, Nossaman's complimentary Employment BUZZ webinar series covers a different topic of interest to employers, including tax, insurance, intellectual property and employment issues. These "quick hit" 30-minute...more

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[Webinar] Insurance Issues Faced by Employers in Times of COVID-19 - February 23rd, 11:00 am - 11:45 am PT

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Each month, Nossaman's complimentary Employment BUZZ webinar series covers a different topic of interest to employers, including tax, insurance, intellectual property and employment issues. These "quick hit" 30-minute...more

Goodwin

COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits: An Overview Of Decisions To Date

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the United States economy in a profoundly negative manner. Retail stores, restaurants and other direct-customer-facing businesses have been especially hard hit. Throughout the U.S.,...more

Hogan Lovells

Insurance regulatory news, October 2020 # 2

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COVID-19: FCA updates webpage on BI insurance test case - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its business interruption (BI) insurance test case, publishing a draft transcript of the...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19

In March and April, as businesses were suddenly forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners asked whether there was insurance coverage for the losses caused by the shutdown. Originally published in...more

Melito & Adolfsen

The Insurance Industry Anticipated a Pandemic from a virus like Covid-19 more than a decade ago.

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For businesses that were shut down by COVID-19 a common question is whether there is coverage for business interruption. In New York, the answer is no. This should be the answer nationwide. Coverage for business interruption...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Don't Dive Right In! Strategies for Opening Community Pools in the Wake of COVID-19

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State and local governments are beginning to phase out or entirely lift COVID-19 restrictions.  With spring in the rearview mirror and summer dead ahead, community association boards and community managers are feeling...more

Jones Day

Prepare Now for the Coming Wave of COVID-19-Related D&O Insurance Claims

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The Situation: Corporate policyholders and their directors and officers may soon face lawsuits and claims arising from COVID-19 as the economy reopens and companies, their employees, and consumers get back to business. The...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

COVID-19 Exposure and GL Coverage: Issues for Personal Injury Claims

Though much of the conversation regarding insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses has focused on the potential for business interruption-type coverage... insureds should not overlook the potential that COVID risks...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

Will Business Interruption Insurance Cover Your Business' Losses Resulting From COVID-19?

The answer to this question will depend upon the language of your policy.  Most business interruption insurance policies, however, will have coverage language and exclusions that will make it unlikely for a COVID-19 claim to...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Thinking Ahead About Your D&O Coverage

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With most policyholders focused on recoveries from business interruption insurance, you might not think this is the time to consider your company's D&O policy. It is. What you do now can make a difference later when it comes...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Protecting Your Business from Liability for COVID-19 Transmission

As businesses continue to evaluate current operations and how they will modify them as shelter-in-place orders are lifted and employees and customers return, it is important for each business to anticipate potential COVID-19...more

Buchalter

Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Opposite Sides of the Table: Restaurants Seek Recovery From Insurers for Business Interruption in...

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As COVID-19 cases have continued to spread across the country resulting in government-issued “shelter in place” orders, few industries have felt the impact as swiftly and deeply as the restaurant industry. Indeed, such...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Insurance Coverage Questions In Light of Coronavirus

COVID-19 continues to have an unprecedented effect on business operations throughout the world. While the availability of insurance coverage for pandemic-related losses is still far from certain, it is imperative that...more

Akerman LLP

Assessing Potential Insurance Claims And Disputes Stemming From Coronavirus

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One of the likely results of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic will be attempts to seek recovery for the mounting losses suffered by individuals and businesses as a result of the medical and economic consequences of the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: What Claims In-House Counsel Should Expect in the Near Future

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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Lawsuits

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In this time of medical and economic uncertainty, one thing is for sure – lawsuits alleging injury and damage from the coronavirus pandemic are inevitable. While the country remains in lockdown – schools and businesses are...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Managing the Commercial Impact of the Coronavirus: Implications for the Sports & Entertainment Industry

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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more

Polsinelli

COVID-19 and Its Growing Impact on Commercial Contracts: How Should Contracting Parties Respond?

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COVID-19 is causing a rapidly evolving public health crisis, and businesses face uncertainty about their commercial relationships. That uncertainty is raising questions about performance under contractual agreements that were...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Your Insurance Checklist for Coronavirus Losses

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With the constantly changing landscape and the obvious need for us all to prioritize the health and well-being of our employees, clients and business partners, it can be difficult to focus on the next steps businesses need to...more

Goodwin

Insurance Considerations in Light of COVID-19

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In the recent weeks our risk management team has identified a number of insurance-related issues relevant to clients dealing with the outbreak of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, that we felt...more

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