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The State Of COVID-19 Coverage Litigation In The United States

The issuance of various governmental orders requiring businesses to temporarily modify or close their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic led to an immediate avalanche of claims and lawsuits involving first-party...more

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COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits: An Overview Of Decisions To Date

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the United States economy in a profoundly negative manner. Retail stores, restaurants and other direct-customer-facing businesses have been especially hard hit. Throughout the U.S.,...more

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Federal Panel’s Decision Not to Centralize Certain COVID-19 Insurance Lawsuits Provides Strategic Opportunities for Policyholders

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The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (Panel) previously declined to centralize all coronavirus (COVID-19)-related business interruption insurance lawsuits, but left open the possibility of certain...more

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Federal Courts Decline to Centralize All COVID-19-Related Business Interruption Insurance Lawsuits

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The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on August 12 denied certain plaintiffs’ motions to centralize lawsuits brought by businesses seeking insurance coverage for coronavirus (COVID-19) losses....more

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JPML Will Not Allow Centralization of MDL Covid-19 Lawsuits

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On April 20, 2020, two policyholders involved in Covid-19 class action suits filed the first motion with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) asking for the transfer and coordination or consolidation of two...more

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[PODCAST] Resolving Business Interruption Disputes Caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Business interruption is on the minds of many, especially now as the COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented legal and business challenges. In this new podcast from JAMS, two well-respected neutrals with extensive...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

What to Expect From Motions for Centralization of COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases in an MDL

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For each day that economic activity remains restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic, the stakes continue to rise both for businesses seeking insurance recoveries critical to their survival and for insurers that face the...more

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King’s Bench Power – Authority Sought For COVID-19 Insurance Claims

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Last week, two businesses, Newchops Restaurant Comcast LLC and LH Dining LLC, asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) to set up an MDL before a judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to address...more

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Texas Supreme Court to Consider Macondo Blowout Insurance Dispute

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The 2012 Macondo Well blowout and Deepwater Horizon rig explosion gave rise to a slew of lawsuits. Our subject today is one of them. ...more

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