In the Boardroom With Resnick and Fuller - Episode 3
In the Boardroom With Resnick and Fuller - Episode 1
The Sanity of Bank Directors
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 13 -- The Barry Switzer Story
Internal Investigations: The Impact of the Yates Memo, the FCPA Unit Pilot Program and Recent Legal Decisions
Variables Affecting Medical PL Settlement Values
Prior & Pending Litigation
Homebuilder Series Webinar: Fiduciary Duties & Auditor Liability
Claims: Government Investigations, Enforcement and Triggering Insurance Coverage Under D and O Insurance
Jack Slimm and Jeremy Zacharias, of our Mount Laurel, New Jersey, office, secured a significant victory in the New Jersey Appellate Division in Cohen v. Weg & Meyers, P.C., A-2082-22 (App. Div. Aug. 6, 2025), affirming the...more
The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, has held that a bodily injury exclusion in a carrier’s errors and omissions policies barred coverage for a third-party claim by another carrier and a third-party demand by an...more
The Court of Appeals of New York answers the question of whether a plaintiff may bring a claim under Judiciary Law § 487 in a plenary action. Urias v. Daniel P. Buttafuoco & Assoc., PLLC, 41 NY3d 560, 563 (2024)....more
In another in the seemingly endless series of decisions parsing the interpretation of the statutory requirements for an affidavit of merit in medical liability claims, on January 22, 2025 the New Jersey Supreme Court issued...more
In a legal malpractice action arising out of revisions to a client's estate plan, the appellate court considered whether an attorney has a duty to evaluate a client's mental capacity and, if so, whether the plaintiff alleged...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently interpreted the “loss of chance” provision of West Virginia’s Medical Professional Liability Act (the MPLA). In Graham v. Dhar, the Court ruled that a...more
Last month, we discussed a decision by the Northern District of Illinois finding an amount labeled “restitution” in a settlement between a pharmaceutical company and the DOJ was insurable loss under a D&O policy. Shortly...more
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia issued a new opinion that finds that litigants cannot characterize claims as “corporate” or “general” negligence in an attempt to circumvent the West Virginia Medical Professional...more
The West Virginia Supreme Court issued a new memorandum decision which broadly interprets the scope of the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act, applying it to entities who were not recipients of health care...more
The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently held that a professional liability insurance policy provided potentially unlimited coverage, at least in respect of one area of coverage. In Surespan Structures Ltd. v Lloyds...more
Lenders and other constituencies will under certain circumstances request and be granted “board observer” rights pursuant to a loan agreement or other contract. The potential legal liability of board observers under various...more
Does an Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurer have a duty to defend its insured mental healthcare provider when the policyholder was not licensed to provide such mental health counseling services? The Eleventh Circuit recently...more
The Court of Appeal of Louisiana (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a March 14th opinion issues associated with two individuals’ negligence claim against a Professional Engineer and his employer. See Lauren Pizzolato and John...more
In Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc., No. S232946, August 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court found that Sheppard Mullin’s failure to disclose a known conflict with another current...more
On September 5, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Lavender v Miller Bernstein LLP,1 overturning a summary judgment ruling that imposed significant liability on an auditor in previously...more
It is not unusual for a directors and officers liability policy to have an exclusion for professional services. A such, a question often arises regarding whether the claimed wrongful conduct involved the rendering or failure...more
In Owens v. Corrigan, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that an arbitration provision in the parties’ retainer agreement was unenforceable under the Fee Arbitration Rule of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. ...more
A recent decision by the New York State Appellate Court highlights why a law firm should precisely identify in its written engagement agreement what tasks the client should and should not expect the firm will perform. Genesis...more
On June 5, 2017, in an opinion with facts that even the Court seemed to recognize read like the script for a straight-to-video movie, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Sack, Carney) declined to overturn a defendant’s conviction and...more
In Diamond v. Reshko, (filed 8/20/2015, No. A139251) the California Court of Appeal, First District, held that a defendant was entitled to introduce evidence at trial reflecting amounts paid by co-defendants in settlement of...more
“Gimme Shelter” is one of the greatest of a lot of great Rolling Stones songs (made greater by Merry Clayton’s gut-wrenching contribution). And, of course, “Gimme Shelter” is a cliché often trotted out in discussions of tax...more
In Crown Capital Securities v. Endurance Amer. Specialty Ins. Co. (No. B256241, filed 4/10/15), a California appeals court affirmed summary judgment for a professional liability insurer on a finding that coverage was barred...more
In a significant decision the Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that claims-made-and-reported requirements in claims made policies should be enforced as written. An insured's failure to report a claim during the time required...more
On January 9, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit handed down Philadelphia Consolidated Holdings Corp. v. LSi-Lowery Systems, Inc., which decided whether a technology company’s claim was covered under its...more
In Coastal Surgical Institute v. Blevins (B254787, filed 1/12/15) the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, held that the tolling provisions of Insurance Code section 11583 apply to the one-year limitations...more