Denial of Insurance Coverage, Data Breach, Corporate Counsel

Square Peg, Round Hole: 6th Circuit Affirms Finding That Cyber Claims Are Not Covered by CGL Policies

Carlton Fields on 2/24/2025

In Home Depot Inc. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., Home Depot learned the hard way a rule every DIY enthusiast knows: measure twice, cut once. It appears Home Depot’s measurements were off when it sized up its insurance needs,...more

New Jersey Court Rules “Acts of War” Insurance Policy Exclusion Inapplicable to Russian Malware Attack

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/25/2022

Pharmaceutical giant Merck won a major victory over its insurance carrier in New Jersey Superior Court recently. Merck’s victory means its carrier is liable to pay out up $1.4 billion to Merck for alleged losses arising out...more

COVID coverage for business losses? “No,” says the first New York court to address the issue of whether a business interruption...

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 2/12/2021

COVID-19 continues to generate litigation in a variety of contexts in the Commercial Division. Only two weeks ago did our colleague Madeline Greenblatt author a blog about COVID-19 not excusing commercial rental obligations....more

Ransomware Attack Replacement Costs Are Covered “Direct Physical Loss or Damage” Under Standard Business Owner’s Policy, According...

Carlton Fields on 3/6/2020

A Maryland federal court recently weighed in on the still-murky world of insurance coverage for cybersecurity losses, finding replacement costs necessitated by a ransomware attack were “direct physical loss or damage” to a...more

Denial of Insurance Coverage › Data Breach › Corporate Counsel

Square Peg, Round Hole: 6th Circuit Affirms Finding That Cyber Claims Are Not Covered by CGL Policies

New Jersey Court Rules “Acts of War” Insurance Policy Exclusion Inapplicable to Russian Malware Attack

COVID coverage for business losses? “No,” says the first New York court to address the issue of whether a business interruption...

Ransomware Attack Replacement Costs Are Covered “Direct Physical Loss or Damage” Under Standard Business Owner’s Policy, According...

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2019

Florida Court Finds No CGL Coverage For Data Breach Claim

Two Court Rulings Show Coverage Difficulties for “Fake President” Fraud

New York Appellate Court Finds “Electronic Data” Exclusion Applies to Data Breach

Denial of Insurance Coverage › Data Breach › Corporate Counsel

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