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Insurance Coverage for Silica Claims
Faced with increasing exposure, corporate policyholders that have or may receive silica-related claims should consider the potential for insurance coverage that may be available to respond and should realize and maximize the full benefit of their insurance policies.
Silica-related claims present many of the same insurance coverage issues as asbestos claims (and other so-called “long-tail” insurance claims). Such issues arising under commercial or comprehensive general liability (“CGL”) policies include the “trigger of coverage,” allocation, the number of occurrences, insurers' efforts to apply pollution exclusions, and timeliness of notice issues. As policyholders and their insurers have long been embroiled in heated disputes over the availability of insurance coverage for the defense costs and liabilities associated with asbestos claims, there is a frame of reference for consideration of these issues. Here, we'll briefly outlines the insurance coverage issues presented by silica claims.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.