Once a policyholder tenders a claim, an insurer is likely to request information and documentation from that policyholder about the underlying event, circumstance, occurrence or claim. The insured, however, may have legitimate concerns that sharing such information could result in the inadvertent waiver of evidentiary privileges and protections as to the insurer and third parties, or an adverse coverage determination.
Law firms are ever-so-slowly starting to incorporate "key account planning," a critical element in any successful strategic go-to-market strategy and/or best-in-class business development program is "business intelligence."
The effect an ensuing loss provision is that ensuing losses stemming from uncovered events will be covered, as long as such losses would otherwise be covered under the policy. Consequently, an understanding of the provision is vital to commercial property landlords and tenants.
Lawyers for YouTube beat back a breach of contract suit over its removal of a reggae music video, by persuading a federal judge that YouTube's user agreement gives the company broad discretion to take down whatever material it sees fit.
In-depth discussion of recent key rulings.
On Jan. 12, 2015, a California Court of Appeal held unenforceable a co-tenancy provision in a retail lease that allowed the tenant to accept possession of the premises but thereafter have no obligation to pay rent or open for business, even though the provision had been negotiated by two sophisticated parties with leasing expertise.
This article describes some of the reasons law firms are cyber-attack targets, steps they can take to reduce their risk, and what clients are doing to encourage law firms in those efforts.
Even though a seller's reclamation rights may find their underpinnings in the common law and in the UCC, there are strict limitations on the seller's reclamation rights under the Bankruptcy Code.
This article focuses on evaluators and judges who accept work that, by an objective and reasonable standard, is unacceptable.
It is well founded that the pleading standard set forth in Twombly and Iqbal applies to claims involving Class III medical devices. In these actions, however, federal courts have taken different approaches to the application of the two rulings.
