The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 43 - New Horizons: Impact of Recent Appellate Circuit Rulings on White-Collar Criminal Defense Law
Prelude to the Business Court and 15th Court of Appeals: More Questions Than Answers | Tyler Talbert | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Exploring Procedural Justice | Judge Steve Leben | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Focus Groups as a Trial-Preparation Tool | Elizabeth Larrick | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Tips for Persuasive Legal Writing | Luther Munford | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Winning Cases on Legal Issues Before and During Trial | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Navigating Federal Tort Claims on a National Scale | Tom Jacob | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Why Judges Should Take the Legal Accountability Project Pledge | Judge Doug Nazarian & Aliza Shatzman | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Tackling Bullying in the Legal Profession | Scott Stolley | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
How Lawyers Should Approach Implementing AI into Their Practices | Tim Armstrong | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Emerging Ethical Issues For Lawyers Using AI | Derek Bauman | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
A Longtime Trial Judge’s View from the Appellate Bench | Justice Gisela Triana | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Inside the Fourth Court of Appeals’ Clerk’s Office | Michael Cruz | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Supersedeas and Other Recent Rule Changes | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Business Courts and Other Highlights of the 88th Texas Legislature | Jerry Bullard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Don’t California My Texas! | Tim Kowal & Jeff Lewis | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Checking in On the 88th Texas Legislature | Jerry Bullard | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Jury Charges and Oral Argument | David Keltner | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Legal Writing for the New Generation | Chad Baruch | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Reflections on 100 Episodes | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Litigation arose over whether a suit for misrepresentation and breach of contract arising out of an easement triggered a Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurer's duty to defend. Internal confidential communications...more
The Appellate Court of Maryland, applying Maryland law, has held that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify an insured under a professional liability policy containing a contractual liability exclusion for a lawsuit...more
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, applying New Jersey law, has held that a professional liability policy afforded no coverage for a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct because the insured had knowledge of...more
Ending a putative class action, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit examined policy language and two statutes to hold that an insurer does not owe sales tax on top of an actual cash value payment. The...more
This past January, Judge Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. of the Appellate Court of Maryland (ACM) found in favor of an insurance company that disclaimed coverage, under a corporate automobile liability issued to a business, when the...more
In states that haven’t passed safe harbor legislation, multiple claimants and insufficient limit claims pose certain challenges to insurers in the claims handling stage. Numerous claimants competing for severely limited...more
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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision on summary judgment holding that a “specific entity exclusion” precluded coverage for an SEC...more
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, applying New Jersey law, has affirmed that an excess policy did not provide coverage when an insured could not satisfy an express condition precedent to coverage...more
A California state court of appeals, applying California law, has held that, as a matter of first impression, a provision in the California insurance code excluding insurance coverage for loss caused by an insured’s willful...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, the California Court of Appeal, applying California law, affirmed the grant of an insurance tower’s motion for summary judgment, finding that an investment advisor’s unauthorized copying of a...more
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The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, applying Illinois law, has held that two general liability insurers do not owe a duty to defend an insured in a lawsuit alleging Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)...more
In Vizio Inc. v. Arch Insurance Co., a case stemming from a class action settlement, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals clarified several areas of California law involving the interaction of primary and excess insurance...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, applying California law, has held that no coverage was available under an employment practices liability insurance policy because the insured failed to give notice...more
An Illinois Appellate Court has ruled that an insurer had no duty to defend an insured in connection with a lawsuit arising out of criminal sexual misconduct charges even though the lawsuit contained negligence claims. Prof’l...more
An intermediate Michigan appellate court has held that coverage was barred for a lawsuit tendered to an insurer nearly two years after the lawsuit was filed because the insured’s late notice did not satisfy the policy’s...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, applying Ohio law, has held that a warranty exclusion barred coverage for a claim arising from circumstances that were not disclosed in an insured’s application for...more
Additional insured disputes can sometimes get complicated. How much coverage the additional insured gets is often a hotly contested issue, especially when the named insured has coverage above the minimum limits it promised...more
The Court of Appeals of Washington affirmed a trial court decision approving an $8 million stipulated judgment over a carrier’s challenges to the structure and reasonableness of the settlement. Starr Indem. & Liab. Co. v. PC...more
The Court of Appeals of Indiana, applying Indiana law, has held that an arbitration provision in the insured company’s business owners’ policies was inapplicable because the claims at issue were not brought until after the...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry •A federal district court in New York granted summary judgment in favor of a title insurance company and its...more