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National Law Journal

Insurance Liability: Girard Sharp

Girard Sharp talks about what issues landed the firm on the National Law Journal's 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers list.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

McDermott Adds 8-Partner Insurance Group From Drinker Biddle

The team, based in New York, San Francisco and London, could expand to 15 lawyers and staff making the move from Drinker.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Delaware Courts Take Narrower View of Related Claims Than NY Courts

Courts have wrestled with how to interpret provisions in D&O liability insurance policies defining related claims and interrelated wrongful acts. While New York courts appear to interpret these clauses broadly, recent Delaware case law suggests that Delaware courts will construe the clauses more narrowly. In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard Epstein and Theodore Keyes use the recent case 'Pfizer v. Arch Insurance' to discuss this issue.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Organizations Are Addressing the Active Shooter Risk

Wherever a crowd gathers, it may now be reasonable to assume that organizations will be asked by society about measures undertaken to protect patrons and invitees from harm, and if an incident occurs, about the reasonableness of their failure to protect.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Sticks to Pa.'s 'Four-Corners' Rule in Case Over Coverage for Defective Products

A Third Circuit panel rejected a manufacturer's argument that courts look at the facts pleaded in a complaint when considering whether carriers should indemnify them.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

When Punitives Don't Punish

In the largest verdict for bad faith in U.S. history, the jury found that Aetna "recklessly disregarded its duty to deal fairly and act in good faith" and awarded punitive damages. But will Aetna get the message?
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Four Key Ways the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance Conflicts With Pa. Law

Critics of the restatement of the law, liability insurance (RLLI) published by the American Law Institute (ALI) this June point out that its provisions often deviate from established state rules.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Tale of Two States: Fighting No-Fault Insurance Fraud Under Unfair Business Practices Laws

In his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick discusses and compares how Florida and New York treat insurance company actions alleging no-fault fraud under their unfair business practices acts—the FDUTPA and GBL §349, respectively.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hurricane Dorian: How State Insurance Departments Are Preparing

State insurance departments across the Southeast have issued special declarations in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian claims.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Dismisses 138 Suits by 9/11 Workers Targeting Battery Park City Authority

The cases, which were dismissed on Aug. 30, were the last of about 11,000 suits that had been filed over cleanup work near the World Trade Center.
4 minute read

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