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'It's a Real Issue': Law Firm Leaders Brace for Another Painful Year of Insurance Premium Rises

Law firm leaders and insurance brokers anticipate another year of double-digit rises in insurance premiums, with many in the industry concerned.
11 minute read

Law.com

Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: With COVID-19 Business Interruption Rulings All Over the Map, One State Enters the Spotlight

With divergent COVID-19 business interruption insurance rulings coming down all over the U.S, the Ohio Supreme Court has been asked by a federal judge to decide whether having the coronavirus on a business's property would constitute a compensable "physical loss."
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Court Shuts Down Restaurant's Suit for COVID-19 Loss

The court "conclude[s] that the phrase 'physical loss of or damage to property' [found in the policy's 'business income' coverage provision] unambiguously requires some issue with the physical premises that impedes business operations," wrote Judge John Jones III.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Employee's Fall at Volunteer Event Covered by Workers' Comp, NJ Justices Rule

Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina said that even if her volunteering for Family Fun Day were social or recreational as those terms are used in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, she would still have satisfied the two-part exception set forth in that statute.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Class Certified in $150M Lawsuit Over Obamacare Insurance Policies

U.S. District Court Judge Raag Singhal, who sits in the Southern District of Florida, has certified a class of more than 200,000 members. The trial is set to commence in July.
4 minute read

International Edition

Dentons Adds Nine-Lawyer Insurance Team in Canada

The move is the firm's latest in its assault on the North American legal market.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kennedys Takes Partners From White and Williams, Clyde & Co to Grow East Coast Practice

Global insurance law firm Kennedys is enriching its cybersecurity and privacy regulation practices in Philadelphia, Miami and the Caribbean.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.K. Judgment on COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims Unlikely To Impact U.S. Coverage Disputes

In their Corporate Insurance column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes discuss a recent U.K. ruling that policyholders are entitled to coverage for business interruption loss incurred due to shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in a test case interpreting the language of 21 different U.K. policy forms issued by eight insurers. They write that while the judgment is certainly a major development with respect to the U.K. claims, it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the business interruption coverage disputes pending in the United States.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fla. Supreme Court Rejects Claim for Damages Caused by Insurer's Failure to Timely Pay

The Florida Supreme Court relieved an insurance company from damages allegedly caused by its failure to timely investigate and pay a legitimate insurance claim.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

In More Movement in Denver, Litigation Group Jumps to Spencer Fane

The 10 lateral attorneys represent "a lot of household name insurance companies," and they are optimistic their clients will follow them to the new firm.
4 minute read

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