In yet another troubling decision to the crime insurance industry, on Dec. 6, a federal district court, applying Oregon law, found coverage for a ransomware payment under a Computer Fraud insuring agreement. Yoshida Foods...more
Standard fidelity policies provide coverage for loss of money, securities, and other property directly resulting from employee theft. While most fidelity policies define what constitutes a security, insureds often argue its...more
The most significant coverage issue facing the fidelity industry today is the scope of causation. Whether a court applies a “direct means direct” or a tort-based proximate cause standard often is the deciding factor in...more
Under the Computer Fraud Abuse Act of 1986 (“CFAA”), anyone who “intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access” and thereby obtains computer information commits a criminal offense. In...more