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Illinois Federal Court Holds No Duty to Defend Lawsuit Alleging BIPA Violations

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, applying Illinois law, has held that an insurer had no duty to defend an insured against a lawsuit alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric...more

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Violation-of-Law Exclusion Defeats Duty to Defend BIPA Lawsuit

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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

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Massachusetts Court Holds Notice of TCPA Exclusions Sufficient to Avoid TCPA Violation

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On January 7, 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a decision concerning whether two insurance companies provided sufficient and timely notice to its Insured regarding the exclusion of coverage for Telephone Consumer...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup: Summer 2019

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our summer edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2019. The Supreme Court granted cert on a pair of ERISA cases that revived one ruling thought...more

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TCPA Class Action Update – January 2019

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The Carrier with Better Record-Keeping Practices Than the Insured Wins a Significant TCPA Insurance Coverage Dispute - Last week, the Eighth Circuit held that an insurance company was entitled to the presumption that its...more

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Court Rejects Insurer’s Spokeo-Based Standing Challenge to TCPA Action

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In a February 20 ruling, the Northern District of Illinois cleared the way for a plumbing company’s putative class action against Allstate Insurance Company and an insurance agency co-defendant by denying the defendants’...more

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Ninth Circuit Confirms Privacy Exclusion Bars TCPA Claims

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Claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) present numerous issues for insurance companies and policyholders. Because TCPA claims lend themselves to class action suits, the potential exposure can be...more

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Ninth Circuit Shuts Down Lakers: TCPA Means “Privacy” When It Comes to Insurance Coverage

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As many practitioners who work with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) know, getting insurance providers to cover TCPA cases is a difficult proposition. The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed this notion in Los Angeles...more

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The Ninth Circuit Bars Wrongful Act Coverage Against TCPA Claims Despite Strong Dissenting Opinion that Majority Misconstrued the...

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On August 23, 2017, in a split Opinion, the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling in Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., Case No. 15-55777 (9th Cir. Aug. 22, 2017), an insurance coverage dispute related to an underlying...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

A Handy Tip for Avoiding Coverage Denial Based on Policy Exclusion In Renewal Policy: Confirm That Insurer Complied With...

The recent decision in Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Chapman, 2016 IL App (1st) 150919, illustrates how non-compliance with an insurance renewal statute potentially could bar an insurer from denying coverage. At issue in...more

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