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On May 12, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring insurers to go on record as to whether their policies, which provide coverage for the loss of use and occupancy and business interruption,...more
Legislatures in New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington have all proposed legislation seeking to curb COVID-19’s impact on businesses in their state. Each state’s proposed legislation essentially prohibits...more
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 685 into law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2021. The law does two things: (1) it creates an enforceable statewide standard for how employers handle...more
This 20th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds both plaintiffs and defendants with reasons to celebrate. Insurance carriers avoided consolidation of coverage disputes in...more
Introduced earlier this month, California Amended Bill 1552 (“AB 1552”) is one of several attempts by state legislatures nationwide to bolster the insurance claims of businesses forced to close, or limit operations, under the...more
As the latest in a series of similar bills introduced by the legislatures of various states, California Assembly Bill 1552 would create important rebuttable presumptions affecting the burden of proof and supporting coverage...more
This 11th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, identifies news reports placing the number of COVID-19 filings at around 2,700, with insurance coverage disputes former the single largest...more
Policyholders whose businesses have been interrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have made claims under their property insurance policies for loss of business income, but they are almost universally denied. As the...more
On May 21, 2020, Illinois Representative Kelly M. Burke filed an amendment to Senate Bill 2135. Among other things, the proposal would amend the Administrative Code of Illinois to require the Illinois Department of Insurance...more
Whether insurance coverage is available for coronavirus-related claims may often depend on the actions of lawmakers who are jumping into the fray with proposed changes to insurance coverage laws. Businesses seeking coverage...more
As we find ourselves facing a massive global health crisis and sudden economic downturn, many North Carolinians are looking for relief from their government. Congress has acted. What about the North Carolina General...more
COVID-19 has transformed the health and economy of our nation. Expectedly, the legislative response to this national emergency, at both the state and federal levels, has been swift and far-reaching. Some of these responses...more
The Colorado Supreme Court provided much-needed clarification on the future of the state legislative session on Wednesday by ruling that, during a declared public health disaster emergency, it is permissible for the Colorado...more
The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has elicited extraordinary suppression and mitigation measures from all levels of government in the U.S. and around the world. It is difficult to fathom the extent to which the...more
The economic realities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced our government at both the federal and state level to take unprecedented action. And, despite congressional passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more
Before the ink could even dry on our latest alert, regarding Ohio's proposed bill, we learned that Massachusetts legislators had introduced their own COVID-19 bill — making it the third such bill in the span of about two...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the globe and in the United States, bringing with it panic, sickness, and mass mortality. The U.S. health care system is under strain and the situation is...more
The following regulatory and legislative developments have been announced in the wake of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). These developments appear to reflect the desire of legislative and regulatory bodies to make business...more
In a March 18, 2020 letter to insurance industry and broker associations, a bi-partisan group of United States Congress Members urged commercial property insurers to provide business interruption coverage for COVID-19-related...more
The first COVID-19-related insurance coverage cases are now being filed. In Louisiana, a declaratory judgment action was brought against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, asking the court to rule that an all-risk policy...more