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Independent Counsel Duty to Defend Insurance Litigation

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Ninth Circuit Finds Pollution Exclusion Creates Conflict Requiring Independent Counsel

The insureds were sued for alleged environmental contamination from the operation of a marine terminal and chemical storage facility. The claimants alleged that hazardous materials leaked from storage tanks over a fifty-year...more

Nossaman LLP

Can The Insurance Industry Limit the Right to Independent Counsel?

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A cornerstone of California law is that the duty to defend arises whenever the lawsuit against the insured seeks damages on any theory that, if proved, would be covered by the policy. Indeed the duty to defend is so broad...more

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