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Square Peg, Round Hole: 6th Circuit Affirms Finding That Cyber Claims Are Not Covered by CGL Policies

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In Home Depot Inc. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., Home Depot learned the hard way a rule every DIY enthusiast knows: measure twice, cut once. It appears Home Depot’s measurements were off when it sized up its insurance needs,...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Commercial Lines Insurance Market Update – First Quarter 2023

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The basic economic principle of supply and demand is the theme of the first quarter. The supply of capital is driving pricing behavior in all segments of the commercial lines market. Let’s start with the directors and...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Can Companies Be Liable If Third-Party Contractors Suffer Data Breaches?

The California Consumer Privacy Act became effective on Jan. 1. Included among its provisions is the grant of a private right of action on behalf of any consumer “whose nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information…is...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Don’t Overlook the Next COVID-19 Insurance Battleground: Liability Coverage

We have written much about business interruption coverage for losses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and expect that those losses will continue to dominate the insurance landscape for the foreseeable future. But, in...more

Butler Snow LLP

Failure to prevent a data breach is not likely to be covered by a traditional CGL insurance policy.

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In this high tech era we live in, creating, storing and using data is commonplace. The sheer quantity and scope of data has made protecting that data of paramount importance. Yet, every day we hear about another data...more

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Don’t Expect Commercial General Liability Insurance Policies to Protect Against Cyber Breach or Crime

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Almost a year after Middle District Judge Mary Scriven’s instructive decision in Innovak Int’l, Inc. v. Hanover Ins. Co. in which she declined to hold that a traditional commercial general liability (CGL) policy, as drafted,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Colorado Court Finds Legal Marijuana Insurable Under Commercial Property Policy and Orders Trial on Claim for Damaged Buds

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ArcView Group, which tracks the legal marijuana markets, recently estimated that legal U.S. pot sales could reach $6.7 billion in 2016. As the legal marijuana economy has grown, insurance coverage for this emerging industry...more

Baker Donelson

Using Drones On Your Construction Project - Are You Ready?

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There are many potential uses for drones in the construction industry, such as for site selection, surveying, and real-time work inspections. If you are thinking about using a drone in your construction operations, there are...more

K&L Gates LLP

A Primer on Insurance Coverage Issues under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

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In the past several years, plaintiffs’ attorneys around the country have exploited a once-unknown 1991 law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), to obtain headline-grabbing, multimillion-dollar judgments and...more

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