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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Insurance Disclosure Law in New York Impacts Pending and Future Litigation (UPDATED)

On December 31, 2021 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (the “Act”), placing significant burdens on defendants in litigation. Under the Act defendants must produce...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Insurance Disclosure Law in New York Impacts Pending and Future Litigation (UPDATED)

On December 31, 2021 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (the “Act”), placing significant burdens on defendants in litigation. Under the Act defendants must produce...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Insurance Disclosure Law in New York Impacts Pending and Future Litigation

On December 31, 2021 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (the “Act”), placing significant burdens on defendants in litigation. Under the Act defendants must produce...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Defense Lawyers Beware: Failure to Supplement Answers to Interrogatories Estopped Insurer from Relying on Coverage Limitation

How often do you hear defense attorneys say, “I’m not interested in anything related to coverage. That’s not my concern.” From a coverage lawyer’s perspective, this is a dangerous position, both ethically and legally....more

Carlton Fields

Tenth Circuit Drills Down Into Roots Of Moral Hazard, Comes Up Dry

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Moral hazard (one of this blog’s preoccupations) usually comes up in disputes over the scope of coverage under an insurance policy. But state legislatures often address it, too—for example, by imposing limits on agreements...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law - July 2015 #2

California Court: Rejected Demand Within Policy Limits Not Necessary for Bad Faith Claim - Why it matters: Insurers must proceed with caution when they become aware that a settlement within policy limits is possible,...more

K&L Gates LLP

A Primer on Insurance Coverage Issues under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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In the past several years, plaintiffs’ attorneys around the country have exploited a once-unknown 1991 law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), to obtain headline-grabbing, multimillion-dollar judgments and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law - February 2015

California Court Adopts Broad Interpretation of “Occurrence,” Finds Coverage - Why it matters: In a victory for policyholders—and a continuation of the trend of courts adopting a broad reading of the term “occurrence”...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court Holds that Privacy Violations Allegations Are Not Covered

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A federal court in Washington recently issued an unpublished decision affirming that a common policy exclusion protects insurers from having to provide coverage in certain cases of alleged privacy violations. The same court...more

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