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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 31, 2024
Chartwell Law has been interested in the Texas market for some time, but opened in Austin and Dallas, because it hired four litigation and coverage lawyers from Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 30, 2024
"It just brings it back to the general idea that unless there is a clear anomaly in the law, the court is going to continue to apply precedent as is," Glen Shikunov said.
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By Alexander Lugo | January 26, 2024
"Incidents of marine and yacht and cargo issues have continued to rise," said managing partner Kristen Perkins, who is relocating from Miami with two associates and one special counsel.
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By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | January 25, 2024
D&O liability insurance policies provide coverage for claims arising out of wrongful acts committed by directors or officers of the insured entity—that is their insured capacity. By contrast, in policies where insured capacity is addressed by exclusion, the outside capacity exclusion will bar coverage for loss arising from claims relating to an insured person's conduct in any capacity other than as a director or officer of the insured entity.
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By Colleen Murphy | January 24, 2024
"Although it is not strictly necessary given our conclusion that Ocean Walk did not allege facts to establish a 'direct physical loss' of or 'direct physical damage' to its property, we nonetheless briefly address Ocean Walk's argument that the contamination exclusion in the policies issued by AGLIC, AIG, and IFCC does not apply here," Justice Anne M. Patterson wrote.
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By Riley Brennan | January 24, 2024
"Applying the statute here, the Commission may review the wages the Department of Corrections paid to Walker following her ankle injury, and 'may make an award ending, diminishing or increasing [this] compensation previously awarded' because those wages are a statutory award of compensation," the court concluded, holding that the commission erred in finding Walker's claim for temporary total disability benefits was barred by the statute of limitations under Code Section 65.2-601.
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By Laura B. Dowgin and Thomas J. Maroney | January 24, 2024
In this article, Laura B. Dowgin and Thomas J. Maroney discuss the 'Burlington Insurance v. NYC Transit Authority' case and how case law regarding the duty to defend has been affected since the decision.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 23, 2024
"This issue needs to get settled in Pennsylvania as to whether or not these damages are available," Saltz Mongeluzzi partner Patrick Howard said.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 17, 2024
Writing for the panel, Fifth Circuit Judge James E. Graves Jr. said the court must determine whether the five categories of costs were losses incurred solely as a result of the system failure.
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By Emily Cousins | January 17, 2024
The proposed class encompasses Hartford Insurance policyholders in New Jersey who submitted claims between Dec. 23, 2015, and Nov. 29, 2023, and those insured by Twin City in Missouri between July 22, 2013, and Nov. 29, 2013.
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