By Michael A. Mora | May 20, 2022
An attorney fees expert said when a client can appear to afford a lawyer's hourly rate, that lawyer must find some other way than citing their contingency fee arrangement to mitigate the risk of nonpayment.
By Jillian Raines and Amber N. Morris | May 20, 2022
Many prudent businesses are revisiting their insurance portfolio, seeking confirmation that their coverage will adequately protect them if they are victimized by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, including those connected to the acute conflict in Ukraine.
By Cort T. Malone and Jade W. Sobh | May 20, 2022
Across the United States, legislatures are passing new biometric privacy laws with potentially onerous fines, making businesses who collect biometric information, and the insurance companies that sell policies to those companies, understandably nervous.
By Mikaela Whitman and Tae Andrews | May 20, 2022
These provisions can play a pivotal role in the amount of coverage available for a given claim or claim(s) and can determine whether "claims" trigger multiple policy years or instead, whether those "claims" trigger only a single policy year.
By Brian R. Biggie and Joanna M. Roberto | May 20, 2022
Proactively limiting discovery, or shielding information, may not be an effort to hide such information from a litigant, but necessary to avoid irrelevant information from impacting a motion for summary judgment or more importantly, a jury's decision.
By Steven B. Saal | May 20, 2022
The amended statute clearly places the onus on defendants to proactively address insurance coverage matters. Defense counsel can no longer wait for plaintiffs to pursue the issue and respond as necessary.
By David L. Yohai, Heather Weaver and Sherry Safavi | May 20, 2022
The article examines the potential limitations of CBI coverage and the practical challenges of litigating CBI claims. It also discusses ways to draft stronger CBI policies and the growing popularity of other types of insurance in response to global supply chains that are increasingly reliant on just-in-time sourcing and that continue to be aggravated by recent disasters.
By ALM Staff | May 20, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By David Halbreich, Ben Fliegel and Kya Coletta | May 18, 2022
Public companies and their stakeholders often struggle with effective environmental, social and governance programs in the absence of clear and common standards and regulations. But the landscape is rapidly changing in a way that will likely impose new risks and costs on companies.
By Jim Saunders | May 18, 2022
The lawsuit alleges that the changes prevent homeowners from choosing contractors and effectively prevents assigning benefits to contractors.
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