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Experts Offer Advice for Builders Looking Across the State Border

Portland’s proximity to Vancouver, Washington, creates opportunities as well as challenges for contractors. Panelists discussed those during a virtual Builder Breakfast event hosted by the Daily Journal of Commerce on...more

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Ohio School Boards Permitted to Allow Employees to Carry Guns in Schools

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 99 into law yesterday, which allows school boards and governing bodies to permit individuals, including board employees such as administrators, teachers, cafeteria workers, and...more

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Insurance Commissioner, Acting as Liquidator of RRG, Is Not a “Governmental Authority”

When is an insurance commissioner not a governmental authority? A federal district judge reminds us that a state insurance commissioner, when acting as receiver of an insolvent insurer, acts in a different capacity to his...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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New York Court Reaffirms That Contractor’s Defective Work Is Not A Covered “Occurrence” Anthony and Sandra Tamer hired RD Rice Construction (“Rice”) as a general contractor to gut and rebuild their combined residential...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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United States District Court Orders Insured To Produce Certain Pre-Litigation Documents But Not Others Deemed Work Product 99 Wall sued Allied World seeking coverage under a property policy for water losses at 99 Wall’s...more

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense

RLUIPA Does Not Apply to Uninsured Amish Roofer Repairing Homeowner’s Damaged Roof

A federal court in New York issued an important decision that should serve as a reminder about the reach of RLUIPA.  The case involves a homeowner’s request to have an Amish roofer repair her damaged roof.  In April 2018,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Proposed Amendment to Florida Statutes Creates Right of Contribution for Defense Costs

The Florida Legislature recently created a new cause of action for contribution among co-primary liability insurers.  Under this new law, a liability insurer who defends an insured may file suit against other insurers...more

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The ALI’s Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance Faces Industry and Legislative Opposition

For nearly 100 years, the independent organization The American Law Institute has produced influential “Restatements” of U.S. common law in a wide range of areas, intended as authoritative summaries of the main currents of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

House Committee Considers Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Insurance Models

• Limited access to autonomous vehicle operations data remains a key barrier to insurance companies’ development of adaptive insurance policies. • Representatives from the insurance industry support federal regulation of...more

Sands Anderson PC

Virginia Supreme Court Opinions Affecting Local Government Law: April 28, June 23, June 30 and July 22, 2016

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The Virginia Supreme Court issued a number of opinions this Spring and Summer in recent terms. Its work resulted in several opinions affecting Virginia local (and state) government law, in the areas of Virginia...more

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