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Wiley Rein LLP

Eighth Circuit Finds Duty to Defend Under Media Liability Policy Despite Broad Related Acts Provision

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, applying Minnesota law, has held that a media liability insurer had a duty to defend a reseller of computer networking products against a trademark infringement...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - March 2022

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Texas practitioners can add a new term to their legal vocabulary: “the Monroe exception.” The Texas Supreme Court has finally weighed in on whether to create an exception to the eight corners rule when determining if an...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Atomic Café Trademark Litigation Against LeanBox and Cold Brew Does NotTrigger Travelers Indemnity’s Duty to Defend or Indemnify,...

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In The Travelers Indemnity Company v. Lean & Local LLC, Travelers sought a declaration that it did not owe its insureds indemnity or a defense. Judge Green granted Travelers summary judgment. The claims asserted against the...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Finds Exclusion Bars Trademark Infringement And Dependent False Designation And Unfair Competition Claims

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Duty to defend principles are generally well-settled in most jurisdictions: If the allegations in an underlying complaint potentially fall within the scope of coverage, the insurer must defend. ...more

Jones Day

CGL Insurance Coverage for Advertising Injuries: Upping the Ante for IP Litigation

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August 2017 In Short The Situation: Reversing a pair of federal district court rulings, the Fifth and Ninth Circuits have held that insurers must defend commercial general liability policyholders in advertising injuries...more

K&L Gates LLP

Triple Threat to Coverage: Third Circuit Departs From Three Fundamental Rules in Applying “Prior Publication” Exclusion

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Three well-established rules — (1) that policy exclusions are to be interpreted narrowly, (2) that an insurer has the burden to prove the applicability of an exclusion, and (3) that an insurer has a duty to defend as long as...more

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