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FC&S Insurance

No Duty to Defend when Insured Failed to Notify Insurer of Incident for Twenty-One Months

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided last week that an insurer had no duty to defend its insured because a twenty-one-month…
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FC&S Insurance

Different Interpretations of the Same Exclusion Come from Affiliated Insurance Companies

Recently, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas stated it was “telling” that an insurer and its parent company…
4 minute read

FC&S Insurance

Workers Comp Benefits Available to Employee Injured After Quitting

The Supreme Court of Tennessee, Special Workers Compensation Appeals Panel, at Jackson, decided last month that an employee was entitled to workers compensation…
3 minute read

FC&S Insurance

CGL Policy is Considered “Excess by Coincidence” by Texas Court

In August, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas decided that a true excess policy was properly applied as excess over a…
4 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance, Skadden and HSF among 2017's top advisers for Asia-Pacific M&A

CC secures top spots in Asia-Pac M&A rankings as slowdown in outbound deals hits activity levels
4 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance, Skadden and HSF among 2017's top advisers for Asia-Pacific M&A

CC secures top spots in Asia-Pac M&A rankings as slowdown in outbound deals hits activity levels
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision Preventing Reverse Engineering of Source Code Upheld

Technology Law columnists Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write: In October 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held, to the disappointment of several amici that submitted briefs on defendant's behalf, that at least with respect to the governing software license “reverse engineering” as defined in the relevant license was not limited to accessing and copying software, as such a narrow interpretation would render other provisions of the license superfluous.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Antitrust Yearly Wrap-Up: New Administration, Same Enforcement?

Antitrust Trade and Practice columnists Shepard Goldfein and Karen Hoffman Lent write: Though many predicted the antitrust administration under a Republican president would be characterized by less activity and enforcement, 2017 was a busy year for both the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Withdrawing From 'Problem' Clients—Consider a New Year's Resolution

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis considers when, why and how lawyers may go about withdrawing from client engagements.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

For Law Schools and the AALS, Technology and Access to Justice Become Priorities

At the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting, societal issues took center stage, but technology provided attendees a reason for optimism.
10 minute read

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