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Seventh Circuit Ruling on Insurance Coverage for Biometric Privacy Class Actions Strays From Trend Protecting Policyholders

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In light of the continuing barrage of lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), companies should be able to rely on their general liability (GL) insurers to defend and indemnify them from...more

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Every Scan You Make: The Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Biometric Data Collection or Disclosure

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently opened the floodgates for class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and created potentially catastrophic exposure for Illinois businesses. In a close 4-3...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - January 2022

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New York Enacts Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act- On December 31, 2021, New York’s Governor Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act, that requires defendants, third-party defendants, and...more

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Department of Labor Exemption Impacts Investment Advice Fiduciaries

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The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued guidance concerning a new exemption under the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in connection with the provision...more

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And Then There Were Three – the Tripartite Relationship in Insurance Liability Claims and What It Means for You

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In prior blogs, I have discussed liability insurance, including the application of the insuring agreement and exclusions to the existence of coverage, as well as litigating insurance coverage disputes. A related issue...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Uncertain Legal Intersection of Genetic Tests and Life Insurance

The growth of direct-to-consumer DNA kits is a big deal with significant ramifications for the life insurance industry. Direct-to-consumer DNA kits, commonly used to track ancestry roots, increasingly allow individuals to...more

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Be Careful What and Who You Tell: Limitations on Defense Counsel Reporting

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Almost 40 years ago the Arizona Supreme Court issued an opinion which has had a far-reaching impact on how insurance defense counsel report to the defending carrier....more

Carlton Fields

New York Federal Court Holds That Audit Firm’s Review Of TPA Is Attorney Work Product

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In a case upon which we have reported on January 6, 2016, and November 24, 2015, a New York federal district court held that the work of an audit firm hired to review the billing practices of a third-party administrator...more

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Blog: Technology And Construction Court Considers The Meaning Of “Deliberate … Non-Disclosure” In An Insurance Policy Exclusion...

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In Mutual Energy Ltd v Starr Underwriting Agents Ltd & Anor [2016] EWHC 590 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court has held that the words “deliberate … non-disclosure” must involve dishonesty. A company’s honest but...more

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Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case

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A recent federal district court decision dismissing a putative class action complaint against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company may portend trouble for plaintiffs pursuing a number of similar so-called "shadow insurance"...more

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