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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - January 2024

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Second Circuit Holds That Malpractice Insurer Has No Duty to Defend or to Indemnify Lawyer Because Of Business Enterprise Exclusion- Associated Industries Insurance Company sued its insureds, a lawyer, and his former law...more

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Multiple Acts of Legal Malpractice Alleged In A Single Lawsuit Constitute “Related Acts”

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, applying California law, has held that the claims made against an insured law firm and its attorneys arising out of their representation of three...more

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Florida Supreme Court Permits Insurer to Maintain Subrogated Malpractice Claim Against Counsel Retained to Represent Its Insured

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Long-standing Florida law recognized only two limited exceptions to the general rule prohibiting a third party from pursuing a legal malpractice claim against an attorney who was not in privity with the third party – a will...more

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Lawyer’s Multiple Acts of Negligence Constitute A Single Claim

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The Missouri Court of Appeals, applying Missouri law, has held that multiple acts of negligence committed by a lawyer while representing a married couple in a lawsuit are related acts or omissions constituting a single claim...more

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Insurer Liability for Retained Counsel’s Malpractice

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The Hypothetical Facts - Take the following hypothetical: A California company is sued in the Los Angeles Superior Court for personal injuries suffered by the driver of a vehicle that was injured in a crash involving the...more

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