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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices: No 'Smoking Gun' Needed to Establish Insurance Bad Faith

Plaintiffs do not need to provide 
so-called "smoking gun" evidence of ill will to bring bad-faith claims against insurance carriers, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled in an issue of first impression for the court.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Coming to Terms With Contractual Liability Coverage

Few provisions in general liability insurance policies are more misunderstood than contractual liability coverage.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

DFS Warns Insurers Against Limiting Coverage for Overdose Rx

The state Department of Financial Services issued a letter to insurers Friday warning them against imposing coverage limits on medication used to treat opiate overdoses.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jumping on an Emerging Legal Practice

Drone law is filled with enthusiastic entrepreneurs who need help navigating the still-forming laws that apply to unmanned aircraft.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Heller's Gas, Inc. v. Int'l Ins. Co. of Hannover Ltd., PICS Case No. 17-1454 (M.D. Pa. Sep. 18, 2017) Brann, U.S.D.J. (39 pages).

Plaintiff not entitled to insurance coverage for sinkholes that opened beneath propane storage tanks, where plaintiff's policy only provided coverage for a direct physical loss to the tanks, which did not suffer damage, and not for damage to the land at plaintiff's facility. Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted.
3 minute read

International Edition

Kennedys and Plexus rule out merger as news of talks emerges

Former partners say Kennedys and Plexus discussed tie-up earlier this year
2 minute read

International Edition

Kennedys and Plexus rule out merger as news of talks emerges

Former partners say Kennedys and Plexus discussed tie-up earlier this year
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Directors, Officers, Creditors Beware: D&O Coverage Narrowed in Bankruptcy Cases

David M. Banker, Wojciech F. Jung and Eric Jesse write that the benefits of directors and officers insurance policies have been curtailed by the breadth of some courts' broad application of the "insured vs. insured" exclusion, which is common to D&O policies. Some courts have expanded the exclusion's scope to reach claims brought by or on behalf of the bankruptcy estate against insured directors and officers. Nevertheless, there are certain steps that bankruptcy and insurance practitioners can take to avoid or minimize the pitfalls of the insured vs. insured exclusion.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How Big of a Problem Is It When Law Firms Own Pharmacies?

Depending on who you ask, a workers' compensation firm having an ownership stake in a pharmacy is either an ethical quagmire or a practical way for law firms to provide quick and inexpensive coverage to injured workers who might otherwise be left to suffer while their cases are litigated.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Nelson Levine Chair Battles Ex-Partners Over Firm Breakup

The ex-chairman of the now dissolved Pennsylvania-based firm Nelson Brown & Co., formerly known as Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, wants to take his former partners to arbitration. For what exactly is still unclear.
4 minute read

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