NEXT
Sign in to follow

New York Law Journal

New Statute Eliminating Waiver of Standing Defense Imperils Title Insurance (and Foreclosures)

Jason Bergman discusses RPAPL §1302-a which eliminates waiver of the standing defense in a home loan foreclosure action even though not raised in an answer or pre-answer motion. He notes that title companies have always been uneasy about insuring titles devolving through foreclosures and the new statute only accentuates the risk.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Carrier Must List Known Defenses or Provide Coverage to Claimant, Pa. Appeals Court Rules

A boilerplate reservation of rights letter wasn't effective since it failed to note a specific exclusion on the policy that clearly pertained to the case.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Deeply Split High Court Says Insurer Must Cover Accidental Shooting During Murder-Suicide

In a case that drew strong amici curiae interest from the insurance industry, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance carrier must defend its insured in a lawsuit by a man who was accidentally shot while intervening in a murder-suicide.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Suing Insurance Firms Over COVID-19 Coverage Seek MDL

Efforts to coordinate business-interruption lawsuits against insurance firms focus on 16 cases so far filed in federal courts against eight insurance firms, but Richard Golomb, of Golomb & Honik, predicts an "avalanche of cases."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Health Care System General Counsel Talk About What They're Up Against in COVID-19 Pandemic

Timothy Adelman, general counsel and chief legal officer of Luminis Health based in Annapolis, Maryland, and Robert Gerberry, senior vice president and general counsel for Summa Health System based in Akron, Ohio, discuss how they are leading their legal departments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how their day-to-day responsibilities have changed in the emergency.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Insurance Coverage for Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Losses

In light of these immediate and potentially extended challenges, businesses undoubtedly will—and should—ask themselves whether their commercial property insurance policies provide business interruption coverages for virus-related losses.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Now Trending in Texas: Full-Blown Bench Trials Via Zoom

Although judges across the state have been using Zoom since late March for hearings in both criminal and civil cases, the use of the remote technology for a full-blown trial is new.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Insurer Sues Geragos Law Firm Over COVID-19 Coverage Question

Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America has asked for a declaratory judgment that damages caused by the coronavirus pandemic fall under exclusions in two insurance policies purchased by the Geragos & Geragos law firm.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Eight-Corners Rule and Extrinsic Evidence: Never … Sometimes … Maybe?

Most appellate courts and commentators consider the "eight-corners rule" a settled feature of Texas law. But is it really that settled?
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

COVID-19 Cybersecurity and Insurance Coverage

While COVID-19 has plagued the world with deaths and forced more than a billion people to stay at home, cyber criminals have not exited the scene. Instead, they are exploiting the vulnerabilities of people working at home and launching attacks on COVID-19-related medical facilities. In their Cyber Crime column, Peter Halprin and Jacquelyn Mohr demonstrate that policyholders have a path to insurance recovery under policies in addition to cyber insurance policies.
7 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • The Top 10 AI Use Cases in Private Equity

    Brought to you by Ontra

    Download Now

  • Practical Guidance Journal: AI in Employment Decisions and Performance

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • The Essential Guide to Governance, Risk, and Compliance

    Brought to you by Diligent Corporation

    Download Now

  • 2024 Trends Report Mid-Year Special Edition: Update on Outside Counsel Billing Rates

    Brought to you by LexisNexis® CounselLink®

    Download Now