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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
Goldberg Segalla

Fraud Doesn’t Pay in New York – February 2025 Update

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As a part of our Quarterly Practice Group Update, we are pleased to produce another installment with examples of our continued success in the area of fraud litigation. The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has...more

Carlton Fields

A Bridge Too Far: Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Extend Coverage Beyond Policy’s Plain and Unambiguous Terms

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It’s apt to name a blog post after one of history’s great action movies when the case involves a “conceptual artillery duel” that “ends in a draw,” and that is exactly how U.S. District Judge Gerald Austin McHugh Jr. of the...more

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The Northwest Policyholder | When the Application is the Risk: Application-Based Insurance Policy Rescission

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Surprised insurers are unhappy insurers. And unhappy insurers are more likely to resist paying claims. As are insurers who fail to heed their good faith and other obligations to their policyholders. So if you seek coverage...more

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New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Rescission of Policies Based on Law Firm’s Misrepresentation in Applications

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In a win for Wiley’s client, a New Jersey appellate court, applying New Jersey law, affirmed a trial court’s decision rescinding four lawyer’s professional liability policies because of material misrepresentations made in the...more

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Lending Exclusion in Bankers Professional Liability Policy Bars Coverage For Claim Alleging Financing a Ponzi Scheme

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The United States District Court for the Central District of California, applying California law, has held that a lending exclusion in a bankers professional liability policy barred coverage for underlying lawsuits alleging...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Coverage Challenges in Ransomware Claims: Cyber Insurance Policies and Trends in Denials

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A consistent pattern emerges in data breach and cyber-attack cases when companies turn to their insurers for coverage after such incidents. Whether they possess specialized cyber insurance or not, insurers often decline...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Companies That Pay Hackers May Be Able to Recoup Their Losses

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Where companies are victimized by ransomware or email scams, their losses arise from payments made by an officer or employee of the company. In the case of ransomware, a company’s files are held hostage pending payment...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

In the Know: The Lowenstein Insurance Recovery Group’s Tip of the Month - October 2021

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A recent coverage case from Illinois is a helpful reminder to policyholders that they should not take no for an answer when insurers deny a claim based on uninsurability, restitution, disgorgement, or fraud. In fact, those...more

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Computer Fraud Policy: Eleventh Circuit Affirms District Court’s Finding Of No Coverage For $11M Fraud Claim

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In Interactive Communities Int’l v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 12410 (11th Cir. May 10, 2018), the insured sold “chits,” which have a specific monetary value and can be redeemed by loading their monetary value...more

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