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McGuireWoods Adds 11 Attorneys From Boutique to Century City Insurance Recovery Team

Pasich has been nationally recognized for representing commercial policyholders in high-profile insurance cases in directors and officers, errors and omission, commercial general liability, property and business interruption, product recall, event cancellation, motion picture and television production and other policies.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Pharma CEO Owes $5.9M in Legal Fees, Despite Presidential Pardon

Keker, Van Nest & Peters and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell notched a win on behalf of InterMune Inc. and Roche Holdings Inc., which argued that the former executive—who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump—was not indemnified in an advancement clawback action and must repay the companies for legal expenses.
3 minute read

The Recorder

How McGuireWoods Acted Fast to Snap Up an Insurance Recovery Boutique

With almost a dozen lawyers moving to McGuireWoods, two to Blank Rome and two more to other organizations, Pasich has ceased operations.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In Texas Appellate Court, Physicians' Loss on Out-of-Network Rates Erases $5.5M Attorney Fees

The physicians admitted a meeting of the minds is needed to form a binding contract, but claimed a specific dollar amount is not required for a contract to be enforceable.
4 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Resolves Definition of 'Surface Waters' in Insurance Dispute Over Flooding Damage

"In sum, we conclude that it is ambiguous whether rainwater accumulation on roofs constitutes 'surface waters' within the meaning of the policies," Associate Justice Scott L. Kafker wrote for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. "Our conclusion that this language is ambiguous is confirmed by the inconsistency in the case law, which flows naturally from this ambiguity. As we must read any such ambiguity in the policies in favor of the policy holder, we do so in the instant case."
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New York Law Journal

Don't Allow Insurers to Weaken the Standard Applicable to the 'Expected or Intended' Coverage Defense

"In determining whether an organization's potential liability for an employee's sexual misconduct is covered, the relevant question is whether the harm was expected or intended from the organization's standpoint," write Joshua L. Blosveren and Bradley J. Nash.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Marshall Dennehey Hires Casualty Team From Quintairos Prieto Amid Accelerated Litigation Timelines

Shareholder Raychel Garcia said her new firm is "really ready to rock and roll with the huge caseloads that came from tort reform and now the shorter timelines that we have to get these cases ready for trial."
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The Legal Intelligencer

A Day Late and an Exclusion Short: Consequences of Drafting an Inadequate Reservation of Rights Letter

While usually seen as a standard, boilerplate letter, attorneys must be cognizant of the obligations imposed on them across the states to ensure that a Reservation of Rights letter complies with each state's specific requirements on the timing of delivery of the letter and the content of the letter to preserve its defenses and avoid prejudicing the insured.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Current Status of Household and Regular Use Exclusions

Litigation regarding the validity and enforceability of various exclusions in auto policies in Pennsylvania is a never-ending tug of war between claimants and insurance companies. The most heated battles are in the realm of household and regular use exclusions. The fight over these exclusions may finally be coming to an end.
8 minute read

Law.com

8th Circuit Revives Homeowner's Coverage Dispute Against Nationwide Following 'Public Auction' Confusion

The Eighth Circuit considered whether Nationwide met its burden to show that an ordinary person would understand that a post third sale offering of a tax-delinquent house is a public auction.
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