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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The AI-Driven Evolution of Robotics

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Robotics and artificial intelligence are converging at an unprecedented pace. As robotics systems increasingly integrate AI-driven decision-making, businesses are unlocking new efficiencies and capabilities across industries...more

Haynes Boone

When “Skin in the Game” Meets Uninsurable Risk: Rethinking “Knock-for-Knock” Carve Outs

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In the offshore oil and gas sector, procurement contracts have long served as sophisticated risk management tools designed to promote commercial certainty by clearly defining parties’ obligations and allocating risks in a...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Contract Corner: Fast Fixes for Streamlining Your Contracts

Legal departments and contract teams are now often under pressure to move faster, provide value, and streamline processes all while contracts increase in length and complexity to address changes in technology (e.g.,...more

Mayer Brown

Delaware Law Alert: Delaware Case Applying Indemnification Materiality Scrape Creates Risks for the Unwary

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In a recent post-trial opinion, the Delaware Superior Court, applying a representations and warranties materiality scrape under an M&A purchase agreement indemnification provision, held that the seller breached its absence of...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Experienced M&A Counsel: One Key to a Successful Sale

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For many closely held businesses, a sale is a once-in-a-generation event. It often represents decades of work and a significant portion of the owner’s personal wealth. On the other side of the table are buyers who acquire...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

January 2026 New York Insurance Coverage Update

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The insured, a plumbing company, faced millions of dollars in potential liability for claims arising from a fire at an apartment building where the insured performed work. The insured sought coverage for those claims under a...more

Mayer Brown

Delaware Law Alert: The Art of Indemnifying Attorneys’ Fees for M&A Disputes

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Buyers in M&A transactions often assume that they will be able to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in connection with a successful indemnification claim if the purchase agreement generally includes attorneys’ fees in the...more

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New York’s AVOID Act Impacts Third-Party Action Practice: Could it Do More Harm than Good?

“Aegrescit Medendo,” Virgil: Aeneid Book XII. That is: Sometimes healing makes the situation worse. On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the AVOID Act (“Avoiding Vexatious Overuse of Impleading to...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

First Circuit Rejects Post-Data Breach Indemnification Claims Against Technology Vendor

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The First Circuit recently affirmed a District of Massachusetts decision granting summary judgment in litigation arising from a 2018 data breach involving protected health information (PHI). In Axis Insurance Co. v. Barracuda...more

Chartwell Law

Front-Loaded Impleader: How the AVOID Act Reshapes Risk Transfer Litigation

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Amendment to CPLR § 1007 - New York litigators should take immediate note of a statutory change that significantly restricts the filing of third-party actions. Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law Bill S8071A/A8728,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Magic Words Required: The Court of Chancery Holds That the Phrase ‘Payable as Incurred’ Does Not Create Advancement Rights

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In GreenMarbles, LLC v. Clint Cushing, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a contractual indemnification provision requiring a party “to indemnify and hold harmless” another party, absent an express mandate for...more

A&O Shearman

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Award Of Nominal Damages To Plaintiffs Unharmed By Unfair Conflicted Controller Transaction

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On December 3, 2025, Chief Justice Collins Seitz, on behalf of the Delaware Supreme Court sitting en banc, upheld the Court of Chancery’s award of nominal damages in an action against a conflicted controller for breach of his...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Pollution Claims for Oil Production Waste Barred by Retroactive Date

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The United States District Court for the District of Montana, applying Montana law, held on summary judgment that claims-made Petroleum Industry Insurance Coverage did not apply to pollution claims where contamination began...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Navigating the Duty to Defend: Insights from the Third Edition of Hinshaw’s Fifty-State Survey

An Overview of The Duty to Defend- Many insurance policies issued as primary layer coverage establish two separate principal duties on the part of the insurer: the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify. 1. The duty to...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Key Questions When Mediating Environmental Disputes

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed dramatic changes to environmental regulations in recent months, including its announcement, in March, of what it called the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history.” ...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Navigating Indemnity in Business Acquisitions: Protecting Your Deal from Post-Closing Liabilities

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You closed the deal. Whether you’re a new entrepreneur acquiring your first business or you’re expanding the services and capacity of your long-standing enterprise, closing marks the culmination of a lot of effort. But the...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

FCA Implications for M&A Transactions

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In mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors, the False Claims Act is an important consideration that both buyers and sellers need to address, particularly if the target company is the focus of an FCA...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Using an Insurance-Based Strategy in Commercial Litigation

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In this episode of "Don't Take No For An Answer," Jennifer Fiorica Delgado, partner in Lowenstein's Business Litigation group, joins host Heather Weaver for a deep dive into how commercial litigators can turn insurance into a...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

MHH Condo/Co-op Digest, (October 2025)

This newsletter explores the emerging legal topics and issues affecting the condominium and cooperative services industry. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Condominium and Cooperative Services Practice...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Key Questions When Mediating Environmental Disputes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed dramatic changes to environmental regulations in recent months, including its announcement, in March, of what it called the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history.” ...more

Morris James LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Dispute Over an Indemnification Claim Notice

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Thompson Street Capital Partners IV, L.P. v. Sonova United Hearing Instruments, LLC, C.A. No. 2023-0922 (Del. April 28, 2025) - The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a Court of Chancery decision dismissing a claim for...more

Gallagher

Insurance for In-House Counsel: Understanding “Employed Lawyer” Policies

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Do in-house lawyers need their own malpractice insurance? Some might. If needed, the type of insurance in-house counsel should explore is called employed lawyers professional liability (ELPL) insurance. This insurance...more

Lathrop GPM

New Jersey Federal Court Grants Licensor’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Finds Licensee and Guarantors Liable for...

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In Days Inns Worldwide, Inc. v. 4200 Rose Hospitality LLC, 2025 WL 2450755 (D.N.J. Aug. 25, 2025), Days Inns brought claims for contractual indemnification pursuant to a license agreement, common law/equitable...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Keeping ‘Happy Valley’ Happy: A Cautionary Tale For Promo Firms

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The adage that “it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission” does not apply to trademark law. This is especially true where receiving forgiveness may be conditioned by paying substantial sums of money to brand owners...more

Kennedys

Fifth Circuit holds that reinsurer has no duty to indemnify where reinsured’s late notice was objectively unreasonable and...

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The Fifth Circuit recently addressed whether a reinsured was entitled to indemnity where it provided untimely notice to its reinsurer in United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Unified Life Ins. Co., No. 24-10392, 2025 WL 2355526 (5th...more

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