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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court to Rule on Requirements in Bad Faith Cases

The state's high court has agreed to review a case that tests whether "self-interest or ill will" is a mandatory factor in proving bad faith.
6 minute read

International Edition

Slater & Gordon's former UK CEO leaves firm as four offices close

Halifax, Derby, Failsworth and Bristol offices shut down in UK restructuring
3 minute read

International Edition

Slater & Gordon's former UK CEO leaves firm as four offices close

Halifax, Derby, Failsworth and Bristol offices shut down in UK restructuring
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New World of Cyber Insurance Is Starting to Mature

The world of cyber insurance is complex and murky, but becoming clearer as new cases are decided.
16 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Eleven More Awards Worth Noting

These awards, ranging from $3.9 million down to $2.6 million, were reported by the Law Journal between Aug. 22, 2015, and Aug. 19, 2016.
48 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Chamber Sides With Nationwide Insurance Over Bad-Faith Judgment

Following an $8.1 million judgment against Nationwide Insurance, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on the side of the insurer in asking the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reign in what it describes as a rising tide of "set-up cases" engineered by lawyers using time-limited policy demands to gin up "bad faith" judgment claims against insurers.
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Law

By | August 29, 2016
The Legal's Insurance Law supplement includes articles on liability issues involving drones, IP claims under "advertising injury" and navigating through the "additional insured" endorsement.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Game of Drones: Liability and Insurance Coverage Issues Coming

If the Night's Watch had been able to purchase a cheap camera-equipped drone, Jon Snow might have noticed the Night's King and his army of White Walkers before they surprised and overran the Wildings' camp in Season 5 of HBO's "Game of Thrones."
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Interrelated Acts': A Vexing Problem for Policyholders

Policyholders seeking (and renewing) coverage under claims-made policies should be wary of provisions dealing with "interrelated acts." Directors and officers liability insurance policies, for example, often contain "interrelated wrongful acts" provisions that typically provide that claims arising from interrelated wrongful acts are deemed made at the time the original claim was first made. In other words, a later claim will relate back to when the original interrelated claim first arose. The impact of such provisions on policyholders can be beneficial, or devastating.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The 'Selective Way' Decision: A Catalyst For Increased Coverage Litigation?

Insurance litigants in Pennsylvania—insurers and policyholders alike—have traditionally approached the determination of an insurer's duty to indemnify an insured with respect to a third party action with the understanding that the question of indemnity may be adjudicated via a declaratory judgment action subsequent to an adverse judgment against the insured.
15 minute read

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