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Goldberg Segalla

[Webinar] Practical and Tactical Approach to Good Faith Claims Handling in the Current Bad Faith Environment - March 22nd, 12:00...

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Bad faith is a continuum and must be considered from claims stage to trial. Insurance law veterans Thomas F. Segalla and Colleen M. Murphy will help you understand tools and potential solutions to the challenges faced by...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyer Who Insisted Deposition Be Conducted In-Person Hit With Opposing Attorney’s Fees

At a time when remote depositions are commonplace, litigators weigh any number of factors when deciding whether a deposition should be conducted in-person or remotely. Does the case turn on the credibility of the witness, and...more

Payne & Fears

Policyholders Should Be Skeptical of Coverage Denials, Court of Appeal Warns

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On May 5, 2023, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District released a policyholder-friendly decision reiterating the importance of an insurer’s duty to defend. The case also is a reminder to policyholders to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

More Stringent California Claim Law Could Benefit Policyholders

To combat a perceived litigation tactic by plaintiffs counsel of using settlement demands within policy limits to set up insurers for bad faith, insurance company associations lobbied for statutory clarification to avoid...more

Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

Tort reform update: Florida passes comprehensive tort reform that has potential to fundamental alter civil litigation in Florida.

On March 24, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed into law House Bill 837, a comprehensive bill aimed at creating significant tort reform that has the potential to fundamentally alter civil litigation in Florida. HB 837 shortened...more

Freeman Law

Texas Law Update: Statute of Limitations, the Discovery Rule, and Fraudulent Concealment

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On January 13, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services of Nevada, Inc. v. Triex Texas Holdings, LLC, __ S.W.3d __, 2023 WL __ (Tex. Jan. 13, 2023) (per curiam)...more

Venable LLP

Judge Tells FTC That It Can’t Have Its Part III and Eat It, Too

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I’ve never really understood the saying “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too,” but I was reminded of it when I read U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg’s opinion rejecting the FTC’s efforts to stay or voluntarily dismiss...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Fourth Circuit Issues Litigants A Strong Reminder Of The Risks Associated With Failing To Preserve Evidence

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On July 16, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision highlighting the critical need for litigants to preserve evidence once notified of a potential lawsuit, and the serious ramifications...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Insurer-Defended Policyholder’s Bid to Expand Florida’s Bad Faith “Excess Judgment Rule” to Include...

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In Cawthorn v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., No. 18-12067 (11th Cir. Oct. 25, 2019), the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Auto-Owners...more

Cozen O'Connor

Defending Institutional Bad Faith Claims, Part II – Focusing on Plausibility

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In Part I of this series, we discussed institutional bad faith and best practices for insurers to minimize the risk of these costly and intrusive lawsuits. In Part II, we will focus on cutting discovery off at the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Appeals in Insurance Litigation – Appreciating Standards of Review

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It is said that the first rule of a successful appeal is to win in the trial court. But, regardless of winning or losing in the trial court, one of the most important considerations in evaluating exposure and the likelihood...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Top 10 New York Commercial Division Cases and Developments of 2017

In 2017, the New York Commercial Division continued to implement new rules and refine existing rules in order to streamline litigation in the court. The year also saw some key decisions by the Commercial Division as well as...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The Ramifications of a Less-Than-Thorough Investigation

An insurance carrier has declined to defend a claim asserted against its insured, arguably without meeting its obligation to investigate the claim. For whatever reason — a change in personnel, loss of a file, or some other...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler Quarterly - Winter 2017

Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more

Cozen O'Connor

Some Lessons From Berg v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

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On July 22, 2015, the Pennsylvania trial court in Berg v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Civ. Action No. 98-813 (Pa. Common Pleas, Jul. 22, 2015) filed a supplemental opinion under Pa. R.A.P. 1925(a) in connection with the appeal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Court Awards Attorneys’ Fees for Opposition’s Bad Faith Litigation Conduct

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that a prevailing party in a lawsuit may be awarded attorneys’ fees when the opposing party engaged in bad faith litigation tactics, even when the prevailing party does not...more

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