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Your Liability Insurer May Be Obligated to Provide a Defense in the Chapter 558 Process

In December, the Florida Supreme Court held that a Chapter 558 notice of construction defect constitutes a “suit” under a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy so as to potentially trigger the insurer's duty to defend the contractor in the proceedings. The case is captioned Altman Contractors v. Crum and Forster Specialty Insurance, No. SC16-1420 (Fla. Dec. 14, 2017).
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The Legal Intelligencer

2018: The Year of the Dog ... Or Is It the Year of the Employer?

With the Trump administration settled into the White House and honing in on its one-year anniversary, we have begun to see an expected shift from a heavily administrated workplace to a more hands off, employer-friendly regulatory environment. It is expected that this trend will continue in 2018.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

Male Clients Disfavor Women Partners

Are women just lousy at business development? Or are their firms not giving them the opportunity to shine? Well, here's another factor to consider: Male clients still favor male partners, according to a recent survey.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

While Phila. Waits on Amazon, Lots To Be Gained From Focusing on Israeli Tech Sector

Across the United States, many regions—including very notably our own—have been lining up and spending significant attention and resources on the bidding for Amazon HQ2. Companies, researchers and investors worldwide are rightfully focusing on Amazon and other U.S. tech companies. At the same time, significant numbers of savvy tech players are increasing attention on Israel as a source of innovation, talent and exciting new companies.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

ALI Shouldn't Inject Opinion Into Its Interpretation of Consumer and Insurance Law

On Thursday, leaders of the American Law Institute are set to gather in Philadelphia to discuss controversial changes to its restatements of consumer and insurance law, the results of which would dramatically shift how the law in these areas is interpreted in courts nationwide in a way that could profoundly benefit the plaintiffs' bar.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

New Year, New Plan: Get Your Marketing Game Plan in Order Now

With the holiday season behind us and 2018 well under way, there are multiple things you can do to prepare for the rest of the year.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Forgotten First Amendment Hero

Jeffrey S. Trachtman writes: Steven Spielberg's “The Post” is a well-crafted, old-school newspaper drama with a timely message about the crucial role of a fearless free press. But it misses the chance to rediscover a forgotten First Amendment hero—the late Judge Murray I. Gurfein.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: The (Abbreviated) Net Neutrality Fight; Simpson Thacher's Securities Fraud Win

It was an anticlimactic beginning to what's sure to be an impassioned fight, plus Simpson Thacher puts a stake through a securities fraud class action and two big laterals pickups from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

It's a Discovery Exercise: Rethinking Subject Access Requests Under the GDPR

Answering the subject access requests (SAR) that stem from Article 15 of the GDPR may be the requirement best approached by applying a bit of e-discovery problem solving and best practices
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Appeals Decision Clarifies Property Tax Liability on Condos With Land Leases

In a recent Florida appellate decision, titled Beach Club Towers Homeowners Association v. Chris Jones, Property Appraiser for Escambia County, Florida, 2017 WL 4526773, (Fla. 1st DCA 2017), the First District Court of Appeals reviewed an ad valorum property tax dispute between a condominium association and the property appraiser of Escambia County.
5 minute read

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