The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry. In this issue, the California Supreme Court covers COVID-19 claims, Georgia...more
A string of putative class actions has been filed against life insurance companies for allegedly violating section 20(b) of Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) by using applicants’ family medical history in...more
Highlights from this issue include: Class Action Fairness Act. The jurisdiction of the Class Action Fairness Act does not apply when “the primary defendants are States, State officials, or other governmental entities...more
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
In a sweeping decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit extended the absolute pollution exclusion to the unplanned discharge of “rock fines,” pellets produced during quarry operations, and denied coverage for...more
More than a bit of drama in the auto world yesterday, with General Motors suing rival Fiat Chrysler, accusing it of “bribing United Auto Workers officials to gain competitive advantages in contract negotiations.” The UAW’s...more
As we previously reported, the Ninth Circuit in March 2017 held that violation of California’s illustration statutes could serve as a predicate for an Unfair Competition Law (UCL) action, partially reversing the trial court’s...more
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