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The Legal Intelligencer

Blank Rome Snags Perkins Coie Insurance Recovery Chair, Growing Key Practice

With Washington, D.C.-based Robert Jacobs and two other lawyers from Perkins Coie, Blank Rome is rounding out additional niche services in its policyholder practice.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Anatomy of an Insurance Scam: Citizens Property, Florida Bar Detail a Florida Lawyer's Alleged Fraud

Based on claims from the Florida Bar, how did this alleged scam work, and what red flags should insurers monitor?
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Allstate Taps Union Pacific General Counsel as Top Lawyer Successor

Rhonda Ferguson, most recently the executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Union Pacific Railroad headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, will join Allstate in Northbrook, Illinois, as executive vice president and general counsel Sept. 28.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court Split on $21M Bad-Faith Verdict Against Nationwide

A case that resulted in a twice-vacated $21 million bad-faith verdict has left the Pennsylvania Supreme Court evenly split on whether that award should be reinstated.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Covers Broad Range of Topics in Insurance Rulings

In his column on Insurance Fraud, Evan Krinick notes that, as unique as the past term of the New York Court of Appeals was—taking place in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—there were some important similarities to prior terms.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Courts Find No Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

Litigation has already started and courts in Michigan, New York, Texas and Washington, D.C. have already ruled in favor of the insurance industry in four decisions. In stark contrast, only one Missouri court refused to dismiss a similar suit on procedural ground as opposed to the merits.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

COVID Meets Maritime: Strange Bedfellows

While most maritime clauses and laws are ancient and steeped in history, we may be on top of the wave of a brand new clause, the COVID 2020 Force Majeure clause, as discussed by James E. Mercante in his Admiralty Law column.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Refines Tort Laws Applying to Claimants, Owners and Insurers

The Court of Appeals construed the ambit of multiple New York State statutes and a section of the New York City Administrative Code in the torts arena during its 2019-2020 term.
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

Oops! Instead of Proposing $100K, South Florida Lawyer Mistakenly Offers to Settle Insurance Case for $10,000

The defendants immediately accepted the proposal that was $90,000 less than the intended amount.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

When Cyber Attacks Result in Physical Damage: Important Insurance Considerations

As the world becomes more interconnected, cyber attacks unfortunately are becoming more frequent, more sophisticated and more dangerous. So-called "cyber-physical attacks," for instance, pose a unique threat—specifically, the risk of bodily injury (including, but not limited, to death) to third parties.
8 minute read

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