New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Iram P. Valentin and Jennifer Casazza Carter | November 27, 2019
The application of the Consumer Fraud Act to professionals who are held to a similar fiduciary standard as lawyers and doctors does not square.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | November 27, 2019
While parties have good reason to seek to achieve some level of certainty through the use of choice of law clauses in insurance policies, the 'Pitzer College' decision serves notice that California courts may disrupt such efforts. In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes discuss the decision and takeaways.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Joseph J. Schiavone, Robert P. Vacchiano and Lori J. Zeglarski | November 26, 2019
This year saw courts consider the scope of cyberinsurance coverage for claims involving the hacking of emails and the manipulation of search terms in online advertising.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley | November 21, 2019
In this new era of personal injury "nuclear verdicts" that far exceed policy limits, insurance companies are searching for protection. The underutilized offer of a "high-low" agreement provides that protection.
By Charles Toutant | November 18, 2019
At issue was whether the damage was caused by flooding or a "named windstorm" under the policy language.
By Raychel Lean | November 13, 2019
"The trial court's reaction, and ours, to such hyperbole is a teaching point and a caution that a client's personal knowledge, however imperfect, is not to be gilded, excessively bolstered, or embellished by her counsel in the hope of improving a case," Third District Court of Appeal Judge Vance E. Salter wrote.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Steven A. Meyerowitz | November 12, 2019
The Third Circuit has ruled that an insurance carrier did not have to defend a lawyer and his firm against a disgruntled former client's lawsuit.
By Bill Lalor | November 8, 2019
The New York State Child Victims Act dramatically expanded the universe of claimants for which liability insurers—in particular historical commercial general liability and insurers issuing claims-made E&O policies—will be asked to pay defense and indemnity costs.
By Katheryn Tucker | November 8, 2019
"I'm more happy about the results for the client," said Bryan Knight of Knight Palmer, who along with Sherri Buda represented RM Kids. "They actually stood up to the insurance company where many people would have bowed out years ago."
By Alaina Lancaster | November 7, 2019
"This is exactly the sort of discrimination against mental health coverage that the Parity Act is supposed to eliminate," said Caroline Reynolds of Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C.
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