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Court Permits Parties to Cure Defective Diversity Jurisdiction in Suit Against Underwriters at Lloyd’s

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In MAve Hotel Investors LLC d/b/a The MAve Hotel, et al. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, et al., 2024 WL 2830909, (S.D.N.Y. 2024), to preserve diversity jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the...more

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Courts examine subject matter jurisdiction over Lloyd’s of London

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Globalisation in virtually all business sectors is nothing new. Indeed, this phenomenon continues to expand and evolve, including broadening the scope of the global insurance market and its impact on litigation in the United...more

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The Insured Should Have Seen It Coming: Nevada Court Enforces Prior Acts Exclusion

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Liability policies commonly contain exclusions precluding coverage when the insured knew or should have known that wrongful acts occurring prior to a policy’s effective date could later result in a claim. In Alps Property &...more

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Insurance Class Action Quarterly Update - July 2019

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Insurance class actions have continued to bloom this spring with more vehicle total loss tax and fee class actions around the country, more labor depreciation class actions, and increases in other class actions. Some...more

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Every Dog Bite has its Day (in Federal Court)

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In Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. v. Rogers, 2017 WL 3634593, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina considered a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in an action...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Grants Motion To Dismiss Based On Lack Of Subject Matter Jurisdiction

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Plaintiff RAD Manufacturing, LLC (“RAD”), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania, and its insurer and reinsurer (as subrogees) brought an action in federal court in Pennsylvania against...more

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Kentucky Federal Court Finds Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Has Not Been “Reverse Preempted” By Application Of Kentucky’s Insurers...

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The question presented to the Court was “whether federal law has opened the door for state law to ‘reverse preempt’ the diversity jurisdiction statute.” The McCarran-Ferguson Act was enacted by Congress to prevent federal...more

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Delaware District Court Finds Duty to Defend Under Homeowner’s Insurance Policy

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The backdrop to this decision is an interesting and unfortunate one involving a divorce, allegations of illegal obscene material possessed by the former husband, followed by a civil lawsuit between the former spouses after...more

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Federal Court Has Subject-Matter Jurisdiction To Decide Petition To Compel; Determines Party Did Not Waive Arbitration By Agreeing...

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Despite a pending motion to compel arbitration in state court, a party (MetLife) petitioned a Tennessee district court under the Federal Arbitration Act for the same relief. As that Act itself does not create federal-question...more

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