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Drafting Better Commercial General Liability Insurance Requirements
A landlord generally does not want to impose obsolete or otherwise nonsensical requirements on its tenant, and a tenant generally does not want to promise to do things that are impossible. But both can regularly be found in lease insurance provisions.
Prepping for the 2010 Amendments to Article 9 of the UCC
In 2008, the Uniform Law Commission and the American Law Institute set to work on evaluating and improving Article 9. A set of amendments which were completed in May 2010 by the ULC and the ALI reflecting these efforts is ready for consideration by state legislatures. This article discusses some of the troublesome issues that prompted the work of these commercial law grandees and the solutions contemplated by the 2010 amendments.
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Case Briefs
Highlights of the latest insurance cases from around the country.
Specialty Recall Insurance Coverage
With the cost and frequency of product recalls on the rise, many companies are considering purchasing specialty policies to cover certain recall-related losses that are often excluded from general liability and property policies. Few cases provide guidance about how such policies will be interpreted and applied by the courts, but some recent decisions highlight limitations on their scope of coverage.
Insurance Coverage for False Advertising Claims
This article provides an overview of case law holding that insurance companies are obligated to provide coverage for false advertising claims, particularly under the advertising injury section of a CGL policy. In doing so, the article discusses the general framework for advertising injury coverage under CGL policies and the inapplicability of certain exclusions sometimes asserted by insurers to deny coverage.
The Business Case for Strategic Planning
Today, law firms need focused strategic plans to enhance revenue, efficiency in the delivery of services, cost control, and timekeeper accountability.
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