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McCarter & English, LLP

Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

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In Case You Missed It - Our 2025 State of Litigation Recap

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The May 14, 2025 State of Litigation event, sponsored annually by Lathrop GPM, brought together a dynamic mix of legal minds, business leaders and policy experts to unpack the most critical developments shaping the current...more

A&O Shearman

Medibank class action: navigating the legal privilege maze

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Concerns about claims of legal professional privilege over third-party investigation reports produced in the course of responding to cyberattacks, and the extent to which such reports can be shielded from disclosure in legal...more

White and Williams LLP

The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter: September 2024

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S.K.A.V., L.L.C. v. Indep. Specialty Ins. Co., 103 F.4th 1121 (5th Cir. 2024) Fifth Circuit predicts that, as amended, a Louisiana statute (Revised Statute § 22:868)* prohibiting certain insurance contracts from depriving...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurance in the Know (Part 1): Reservations of Rights Can Trigger Right to Independent Counsel

This is the first in a series of discussions about issues that arise on a regular basis after policyholders file an insurance claim. Many liability insurance policies require the insurer to defend the insured. This “duty...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Tort Choice-of-Law Principles Apply to Bad Faith Claims

In a recent decision, the Ohio Supreme Court held that Section 145 of the Restatement of the Law 2d, Conflict of Laws must be applied when determining the state law applicable to an insured’s bad faith claim. Noting that bad...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - August 2023

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Employees of a subcontractor were injured on a construction project, and they sued the owner and the general contractor. The subcontractor’s excess insurer, Mt. Hawley Insurance Co., disclaimed additional insured coverage to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Are Communications With Your Insurance Broker Privileged Under New York Law?

Discussions with an insured’s insurance broker are often an important part of the negotiation process for insurance claims. Brokers can provide valuable insights on the drafting and underwriting of the insurance policy as...more

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Court Rules That Attorney Client Privilege Waived With Ghost Written Disclaimer Letter

Two courts recently held that a disclaimer drafted by an insurer’s in-house or outside counsel and sent from the adjuster may constitute a waiver of the attorney client privilege. ...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Privilege and the Tripartite Insurer-Insured-Counsel Relationship

The tripartite insurer-insured-counsel relationship requires the insurer, its insured and the insured’s counsel to communicate with each other in the defense of a claim. In general, all parties work together to come to a...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Claims-Writing Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Insurers

Insurers generally have a statutory duty to provide a legitimate factual and legal basis to deny a claim, and to discharge this duty sometimes engage in-house or outside counsel to assist in the investigation and handling of...more

Blank Rome LLP

New York Courts Skeptical of Insurers Seeking to Hide Coverage Analysis as Privileged

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One of the most basic discovery requests in insurance coverage litigation is for the insurer’s claims-handling documents and coverage analysis. A policyholder suing for insurance coverage is entitled to understand the...more

White and Williams LLP

Coverage Counsel Authors Insurer’s Letters – Leads To Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege

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The other thing more unexciting than a discovery dispute is reading about someone else’s discovery dispute. But Wednesday’s decision from the Washington federal court in Canyon Estates Condominium Association v. Atain...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - Halloween 2019

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Insurance Coverage – Computer Fraud – E-Mail "Spoofing" - Trick or Treat Editors' Note: Does anything cause deeper mortal terror than the prospect of an uncovered loss? In a tale that has an all-too infrequent happy ending...more

Perkins Coie

South Carolina Attorney-Client Privilege Ruling Is a Gift to Insurers

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As Law360 recently reported, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered a gift to insurers facing bad faith claims in that state. The court determined that, where a policyholder brings a bad faith claim against its insurer...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Can There Be Implicit Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Insurance Bad Faith Actions? South Carolina Supreme Court Answers...

In June, the South Carolina Supreme Court addressed waiver of the attorney-client privilege in bad faith refusal to provide coverage cases and found that, under South Carolina law, an insurer that asserts its subjective...more

Maynard Nexsen

The South Carolina Supreme Court Addresses Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Bad Faith Actions

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Nearly one year ago, in this space, we addressed the issue of whether South Carolina’s attorney-client privilege was facing its ultimate demise, in the context of insurance bad faith litigation. At that time, based upon an...more

White and Williams LLP

Sharing Privileged Communications: What Insurers and Reinsurers Need to Know

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To balance the relative information inequality between an insurance company and its reinsurers, insurance companies often provide claim-related documents to their reinsurers. When some of those claim-related documents are...more

Butler Snow LLP

Bad Faith Insurance Defense and Reliance on Advice of Counsel

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In Mississippi, for a plaintiff to recover punitive damages against an insurance company for bad faith refusal to pay a claim or to fulfill an obligation existing under the terms of an insurance policy, the insured must be...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Attorney Client Privilege and Work Product Protection: Brief Overview

Claims investigations involving counsel often include communications relating to his or her understanding of the facts, opinions of relevant law, and recommendations. Oftentimes, claim notes or other claim file materials...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Check Under the Hood: Optimize Your Insurance Coverage with an Attorney Review of Your Policies before Renewal

When you’re buying a new car, you rely on a good salesperson to impress you with all of its features and gadgets. But when it’s time for maintenance, or when something goes wrong, you don’t go back to that salesperson to look...more

Maynard Nexsen

Bad Faith Actions in South Carolina: Will Attorney-Client Privilege Survive?

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South Carolina’s attorney-client privilege protects against the disclosure of communications pursuant to which legal advice of any kind is sought by a client from a professional legal adviser, acting in that capacity. At the...more

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Work Product and Attorney-Client Privilege Concerning Documents Drafted Prior To Litigation: Eastern District Of New York Finds...

Insurers retain outside counsel during claim investigations for a variety of reasons, including, among others, providing coverage advice, assisting in reviewing and responding to communications with insureds that have legal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent Conference Highlights Cyber Risks and How to Protect Against the Same

On February 13-14, 2018, Advisen held a conference focused on exploring cyber risks and how companies can best move to address potential exposures. Below are key takeaways and trends discussed by the panelists....more

Carlton Fields

Court Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege Despite Advice Of Counsel Defense In Tax Case Involving Reinsurance Transaction

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This case involves a tax dispute centering on whether certain “purported” insurance and reinsurance transactions “lacked economic substance.” Following an in camera review of communications identified in Respondents’...more

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