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Second Circuit Holds New York Convention is Self-Executing and Not Preempted by McCarran Ferguson Act

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On May 8, 2025, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held, in Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. 3131 Veterans Blvd LLC, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Mpire Properties LLC, Docket...more

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New York Appellate Court: Rental Companies Not Statutorily Required to Provide Primary Coverage to Customers

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New York’s state appellate court recently declared rental car companies are not required to provide primary insurance coverage to their rental customers. Instead, the court concluded that New York law requiring the companies...more

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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - April 2025

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The April Friday Five covers cases determining futility of exhausting administrative remedies, the nuances of the pre-existing condition exclusion, ERISA preemption, and genuine issue of material fact over an employee’s...more

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The Friday Five: Five ERISA Litigation Highlights - March 2025

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This month’s Friday Five addresses cases covering ERISA preemption, the viability of a claim for benefits where the claimant alleges to have not received notice of a prior claim denial, an affirmance by the Circuit Court of a...more

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First Circuit Holds That New York Convention Preempts Puerto Rican Law

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The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the New York Convention applies to an insurance arbitration dispute between a Puerto Rican company and Lloyd’s of London and that the convention preempts a Puerto Rican law...more

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HUB Talks: Arbitration World: International Arbitration Clauses in Insurance Policies: Are They Valid in States With...

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In this episode, partners Chris Valente and Jackie Celender, along with associates Michael Creta and Peter Ayers, discuss the impact that state anti-arbitration insurance statutes have on the enforceability of international...more

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Pennsylvania Finds Exception to Anti-Subrogation Rule

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently adopted the “no-coverage exception” in Arlet v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board. 2022 WL 529350 (Pa. 2022). As most subrogation professionals are aware, the anti-subrogation rule...more

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The Continued Rise Of The New York Convention And The Fall Of The "Bellefonte Cap."

Another Circuit Court Holds That the New York Convention Pre-empts State Laws Prohibiting Arbitration of Insurance Disputes - On August 12, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Article II, Section...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2021

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"The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of insurance coverage." So concluded the...more

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Court Compels Arbitration of Balance Billing Dispute Under a California Health Plan, Severs Certain Unconscionable Provisions, and...

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A patient sued her health plan and the plan’s debt collector under various California and federal laws in connection with alleged attempts by the plan to unlawfully collect the balances of the plaintiff’s medical statements...more

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Bad Faith Damages Against Surplus Line Insurers Might Not Be Capped in Illinois

I recently had occasion to read through the Illinois Surplus Line Law in detail when I noticed something interesting:  surplus lines insurance companies may not be subject to the cap on bad faith damages usually applied to...more

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District Court Finds that the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards is Not Preempted By State...

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A district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has issued an order attempting to resolve the apparent tension created by Louisiana law barring compulsory arbitration provisions in...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Holds Nebraska Arbitration Act Reverse Preempts Federal Arbitration Act and Renders Arbitration Clause in...

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An Illinois appellate court recently affirmed a lower court decision granting summary judgment and denying defendant insurers’ motion to compel arbitration where Nebraska law governed, reverse preempted the Federal...more

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Court Vacates Arbitration Award In Crop Insurance Dispute That Awarded Remedies Preempted By Federal Law

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The plaintiff, a farming company, demanded arbitration against Diversified Crop Insurance Services over the nonpayment of federally reinsured claims....more

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NEBRASKA: A Good Home for Berkshire Hathaway, but not for Reinsurance Agreements

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A Cornhusker by birth, I’ve always had a special affinity for Nebraska, and particularly Omaha, where I was raised. My only regret is that I was neither old nor rich enough to participate in Mr.Buffet’s original partnership....more

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Court Finds State Law Barring Insurance Arbitrations Reverse-Preempts Federal Arbitration Act

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The case involved a dispute between the parties to a Reinsurance Participation Agreement (RPA). Defendants moved to compel arbitration, citing the Federal Arbitration Act and a provision in the RPA agreeing to resolve “[a]ll...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Second Circuit Clarifies New York Anti-Subrogation Law Prohibits Offsets For Settlements; Declares Plan’s Choice-of-Law Provisions...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that New York’s anti-subrogation statute, N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 5-335(a), applies both to “offsets” for prospective benefit payments and to reimbursements for prior...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

"It's Not Old, It's A Classic!": Risk in Aging Aircraft with GARA Protecting Manufacturers

The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (“GARA”) was a byproduct of aging aircraft, rising costs, and tort liability in the United States. Congress was concerned that aircraft manufacturers were being devastated by...more

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District of New Jersey Dismisses Third Party Claims Sounding in Policy Handling on Preemption Grounds

A federal court in New Jersey recently dismissed state law claims brought by third party plaintiffs, including the insured’s broker, against a Write Your Own insurance carrier. The claims at issue in Residences at Bay Point...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19651 - Southwest Appraisal Group, LLC v. Administrator, Unemployment Compensation Act - Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC38279 - Al Dente, LLC v....more

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Third Circuit Reverses Order Denying Arbitration, Ruling That State Law Prohibiting Arbitration Of Insurance Matters Challenged...

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Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company appealed from the denial of its motion to compel arbitration in a dispute related to a reinsurance participation contract with South Jersey Sanitation Company. The trial...more

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Hurricane Matthew flood claims may not be entirely preempted by federal law

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In the wake of Hurricane Matthew and its associated flooding (particularly in North Carolina and South Carolina), a recent case of first impression in the Sixth Circuit may be cited by both damaged businesses and insurers and...more

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State-law Based Claims Against Parties Other than the United States Seeking Damages Arising Out of the Procurement of Flood...

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Harris v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, __ F.3d __, 2016 WL 4174381 (6th Cir. Aug. 8, 2016) - Case at a Glance - Plaintiffs purchased a home located in a federal flood zone, but they did not purchase...more

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Can Disputes Related To Procurement Of Federal Flood Insurance Policies Be Litigated In State Court?

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It is well-established that claim processing and wrongful denial of coverage disputes involving federal flood insurance policies belong in federal court because they present substantial questions of federal law. The U.S....more

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Group Life Insurance Claims by a Teacher’s Beneficiary Are Subject to ERISA Preemption: Woods v. American United Life Insurance...

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On ERISA preemption grounds, a federal court has ruled against state law claims asserted by the beneficiary of a former school teacher who sought benefits from a group life insurance policy. Woods v. American United Life...more

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