The U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit held on March 25, 2013, that a lender "lost its possessory lien when it turned the Debtor’s account funds over to the Trustee without first seeking adequate protection."

One subject not getting near enough attention is the role IT financing will play as companies migrate to the cloud in a bid to save costs and bring added flexibility to their business models.

This article discusses the priority issues that can arise where three or more creditors claim a security interest in the same collateral and a recent Seventh Circuit case, Caterpillar Financial Services v. Peoples National Bank, that addresses this infrequently adjudicated problem.

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Potential Insurance Coverage Implications

More than 300 lawsuits have already been filed in Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama against BP and other corporations involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including Transocean, Halliburton, and Cameron, with thousands more anticipated. This article briefly addresses the contours of the coverage lawsuit already filed against BP and other coverage disputes we may see in the future.

The Duty to Defend and Indemnify the Ghosts of Mississippi

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently addressed whether an insurer’s duty to defend and indemnify its insured under a claims-made policy for law enforcement wrongful actions covers allegations arising from the murder of two teenagers during civil rights unrest in 1964; the primary issues involved coverage in the presence of both covered and uncovered claims and the application of the known-loss exclusion.

Anatomy, Diagnostic Testing and Medical Experts: Winning Strategies for Plaintiff’s Direct and Cross-Examination

Thursday, June 6, 2013
12 pm - 2 am Eastern Time