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Insurance Bad Faith, Peer Review to Highlight Supreme Court Session

With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's argument session scheduled to begin Tuesday, the justices are set to consider a wide range of high-profile topics, from the requirement for proving an insurance carrier acted in bad faith to the discoverability of peer review documents.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Even If State Farm Wasn't “Like a Good Neighbor,” Insured Couldn't Sue for Fraud, 11th Circuit Rules

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that an insurer's advertising slogan – “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” – was “puffery” and an insured could not claim that it amounted to a misrepresentation of material fact sufficient to support a fraud claim against the insurer.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Circuit Split: Third Circuit Rejects Test for Declaratory Judgment Act Jurisdiction Used in Second, Fourth, and Fifth Circuits

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has rejected the “heart of the matter” test for determining whether a district court should hear actions under the Declaratory Judgment Act seeking both declaratory and legal relief – and has rejected the standard used in the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Circuits.
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Clarifies Anti-Subrogation Rule

In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes discuss 'Millennium Holdings', a decision issued by the Court of Appeals which clarified that, except for rare public-policy driven exceptions, in order for the anti-subrogation rule to apply, the party seeking the protection of the rule must be insured under the insurance policy.
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Regulators Want Insurers' Disaster Response Plans

Insurers have been directed by New York's Department of Financial Services to submit updated disaster response and recovery plans to the state.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Rescission Trap: Don't Let Product Recalls Contaminate Your Coverage

Product recalls are on the rise in many industries. The year 2016 saw over 8,000 products recalled by the Food and Drug Administration and nearly 15,000 warning letters issued. Regulatory and consumer protection standards are becoming more stringent and notices of violations more frequent. At the same time, product supply chains are getting more widespread and complex.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Industry Insights: A Healthy Demand for Lawyering in the Health Insurance Sector

As the country wrestles with solutions for affordable health care, law firms are well poised to make money from work involving the health insurance industry.
50 minute read

New York Law Journal

Harrison v. Allstate Indem. Co.

By | March 28, 2017
Question of Fact Exists as to Whether Plaintiffs 'Reside' in the Insured Premises
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Pottenburgh v. Dryden Mut. Ins. Co.

By | March 28, 2017
Court Grants Petition for Appraisal, Finding Causation Issues as to Scope of Coverage
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Four Pitfalls to Avoid in a Cyberinsurance Policy

These provisions are likely to be tested in litigation in the next few years and deserve particular focus by prospective policyholders.
11 minute read

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