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June 19, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Prior Acts Exclusion Barred Coverage Of Bankruptcy Trustee's Suit Against Director Of Homeowners' Association

This story is reprinted with permission from FC&S Legal, the industry's only comprehensive digital resource designed for insurance coverage law professionals.…

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

1 minute read

June 18, 2018 | National Law Journal

Critics Blast Kraninger as Unqualified for CFPB Job

Credit union and banking trade groups are more supportive on the possiblity of Trump's choice.

By David Baumann

1 minute read

June 06, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Washington Post Science Reporter With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Must Receive Disability Benefits, N.J. Court Decides

This story is reprinted with permission from FC&S Legal, the industry's only comprehensive digital resource designed for insurance coverage law professionals.…

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

2 minute read

June 06, 2018 | The Recorder

California Supreme Court Finds Valid Insurance Coverage Claim Even If Employee Intentionally Caused Injury

The court found that an employee who intentionally injures a third party can amount to an “occurrence” under an employer's commercial general liability insurance policy when the third party sues the employer.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz

1 minute read

June 04, 2018 | The Recorder

If Insurers Want To Recover Costs Of Investigating Fraudulent Claims, They May Have To Start Keeping Time Sheets

After a California appellate court ruling, it seems insurers who want to recover the costs of investigating fraudulent claims may need to maintain records demonstrating how much time they spend looking into each individual claim.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

1 minute read

May 31, 2018 | The Recorder

Insurers Did Not Have To Cover Environmental Clean-Up Costs Incurred By Insured Under Consent Order

A federal district judge in Los Angeles, applying California law, found that insurers did not have a duty to defend Arrow Electronics Inc. with respect to claims related to water contamination from a Huntsville, Alabama rocket testing site.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

5 minute read

May 25, 2018 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Privilege Maintenance: Protecting Law Firm In-House Counsel Communications

Although the majority of courts who have reviewed this issue have recognized and enforced a privilege shared between law firm attorneys and their in-house counsel, there is some uncertainty nationwide.

By Alanna G. Clair and Shari L. Klevens

6 minute read

May 23, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Court Fast-Tracked An Insurance Coverage Trial. State Farm Appealed ... And Slowed It Down.

Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 169 creates an expedited actions process for lawsuits in which all claimants affirmatively plead that they seek only monetary damages aggregating $100,000 or less. That does not mean, however, that every case where a plaintiff seeks damages of that amount will be expedited.

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

10 minute read

May 21, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Homeowners Repaired Water Damage Before Contacting Their Insurer. They Can't Recover Under Their Policy.

This story is reprinted with permission from FC&S Legal, the industry's only comprehensive digital resource designed for insurance coverage law professionals.…

By Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq., Director, FC&S Legal

7 minute read

May 16, 2018 | Supreme Court Brief

'Sea Change in the Gaming Landscape' | Georgetown Prof's RBG Shout-Out

A Georgetown Law Professor gets a shout-out from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and we've rounded up some of the reaction to the Supreme Court's sports betting decision this week—looking at the ruling's wide reach.

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