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Insured’s “Version of Events” Do Not Determine Application of Policy Exclusion

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The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, has held that a misappropriation of funds exclusion unambiguously barred coverage for an accounting firm under its professional liability policy...more

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Breach of Contract Exclusion Bars Coverage for Judgment Rendered in Employment Dispute

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, applying Louisiana law, has held that an insurer does not need to cover a monetary judgment rendered in favor of two former employees of the insured...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Favorite Topics of 2023

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On the last “Don't Take No For an Answer” podcast of 2023, Lynda Bennett, Chair of the Insurance Recovery practice at Lowenstein Sandler, looks back on some of the series’ most popular topics, such as difference between the...more

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Top Developments October 2023

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DEFENSE COST REIMBURSEMENT - Cont’l Cas. Co. v. Winder Labs., LLC, 73 F.4th 934 (11th Cir. 2023) Eleventh Circuit predicts that, under Georgia law, insurers found to have no duty to defend underlying suits could not...more

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Society Insurance Stuck Defending Insured In Biometric Privacy Class Action

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Notwithstanding the deluge of data breach and internet eavesdropping privacy cases, companies also continue to face an onslaught of biometric privacy actions under statutes like the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

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Legal Considerations for WHO’s ‘Possibly Carcinogenic’ Aspartame Classification

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On July 14, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a summary of two findings regarding aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in many consumer products. One finding categorized aspartame as “possibly...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Insurance Coverage For Claims Involving The Misuse Of Biometric Information

​​​​​​​As the use of biometric information for verification purposes becomes widespread, employers and others should be aware of statutes which regulate the collection, storage and dissemination of this data. In this regard,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Court Rewrites Insurance Policy to Create Defense Obligation in Favor of “Implied Coinsured” Tenant

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Sheckler v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company, 2021 WL 493226, 2021 Ill. App. LEXIS 593 (Oct. 23, 2021), a decision of the Appellate Court of Illinois, Third Judicial District, concluded that principles of equity justified...more

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The New Rules (Part 2): Restrictions on the Duty to Defend for Architects and Engineers

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In part two of our series on Texas’ recently passed construction law legislation, we focus on risk shifting provisions relating to construction engineering and/or architectural services. The new risk shifting provisions in...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - July 2021

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Southern District of New York Holds That COVID-19 Claim Not Covered- Café du Soleil (the Café) operates a small Manhattan restaurant that suffered financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic and suspended operations...more

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID-19 Related Insurance Cases

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Atomic Café Trademark Litigation Against LeanBox and Cold Brew Does NotTrigger Travelers Indemnity’s Duty to Defend or Indemnify,...

In The Travelers Indemnity Company v. Lean & Local LLC, Travelers sought a declaration that it did not owe its insureds indemnity or a defense. Judge Green granted Travelers summary judgment. The claims asserted against the...more

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What Should a Policyholder Do to Transfer Risk of Loss for Sexual Abuse Claims?

Sexual abuse litigation is increasingly common, and an unfortunate wave of new lawsuits is coming. In her recent alert, Pillsbury’s Joan Cotkin reviews how the insurance industry has responded to these risks with new...more

Carlton Fields

Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending March 1, 2019

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Financial Services Update - FDCPA: no liability for a debt collector that provides the name of the hospital, the account number, patient name, date of service, and amount of debt, but who fails to include the word "creditor"...more

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California Federal Court: “All Sums” Allocation Applies to Meso Case Under CA and NY Law

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On March 15, 2018, a California federal court (for the Northern District) ruled that under either California or New York law an “all sums” allocation applies to claims for coverage for an underlying mesothelioma wrongful...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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AC37979 - Meadowbrook Center, Inc. v. Buchman - Nursing home sued son/guarantor of patient and obtained a judgment for $45,000. The guarantee agreement allowed the nursing home to seek attorney fees. The son appealed...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law - October 2015

Unfair Trade Practices Exclusion Doesn't Cover Consumer Protection Suits - Why it matters: An unfair trade practices clause did not bar coverage for a policyholder's subsidiary, an Illinois federal court ruled, ordering...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Does Wisconsin’s Four-Corners Rule Govern an Insurer’s Duty to Defend?

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Those who follow the work of the Wisconsin appellate courts might recognize this question as one that District II of the Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court nearly five years ago in Wilkinson v. Arbuckle, 2011 WI...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Insurer Must Still Defend Even if Covered Claims Are Dismissed

We encounter the following scenario from time to time: The defense counsel just scored a big victory, knocking out a key cause of action. The only problem is—the carrier now says that claim was the only covered cause of...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

CA Supreme Court Finds “Consent-to-Assignment” Clauses Unenforceable After Loss Occurs During the Policy Period

In Fluor Corporation v. Superior Court (No. S205889; filed 8/20/15), the California Supreme Court overruled its earlier decision in Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (2003) 29 Cal.4th 934, holding that...more

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Prior & Pending Litigation

From the 2015 PLUS Professional Risk Symposium session “Navigating Prior & Pending and Other Coverage Issues,” David F. Cutter, Esq. (Troutman Sanders LLP) looks at three analytical issues to consider when facing prior and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Submitting Your Defense Bills to Insurers Could Mean Waiving Privilege

Recently, the California Court of Appeal decided County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court, 235 Cal. App. 4th 1154 (2015), a case considering whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department could be...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California’s “Independent” Cumis Counsel Regime Faces A Novel Challenge

On May 5, the California Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that has the potential to profoundly change the relationship between the insurer, its insured and the insured’s independent defense counsel under Civil Code...more

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