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On the last “Don't Take No For an Answer” podcast of 2023, Lynda Bennett, Chair of the Insurance Recovery practice at Lowenstein Sandler, looks back on some of the series’ most popular topics, such as difference between the...more
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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the grant of an insurer’s motion to dismiss, applying Massachusetts law and finding that economic losses related to the COVID-19...more
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New York Enacts Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act- On December 31, 2021, New York’s Governor Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act, that requires defendants, third-party defendants, and...more
For our last episode of 2021, Lynda, joined by Insurance Recovery Group attorneys Eric Jesse and Joseph Saka, close out the year with a BANG! …a year in review of the COVID-related coverage rollercoaster policyholders have...more
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In Mudpie Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America (No. 20-16858, filed October 1, 2021 ord. certified for publication October 4, 2021.), Mudpie Inc., a retailer of children’s products in San Francisco, filed a...more
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