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Too often, policyholders and their counsel accept on faith that their insurance does not cover punitive damages as a matter of public policy. In many jurisdictions, however, there is coverage for all punitive damages, while others allow coverage of punitive damages under certain circumstances. In these jurisdictions, whether punitive damages are covered will depend largely upon the law applicable to the claim and the basis for the damages being imposed upon the insured. The various approaches taken by courts across the country are discussed below.
Insurability of Punitive Damages Allowed
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.
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
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This article reviews the fundamental underpinnings of the concept of insurable interest, and certain recent cases that have grappled with the scope of insurable interest and have articulated a more meaningful application of the concept to claims under first-party property policies.