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By Jennifer Black Strutt, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP Federal-Mogul Global, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of automobile parts, and its affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to resolve asbestos-related...

By Nicholas Insua, Jason Alexander & Michael Smith, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP In their commentary, "Update: Chinese Drywall Litigation Continues," Nicholas Insua, Jason Alexander & Michael Smith of McCarter & English...

By Cynthia Morrison, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP "Reinsurance, as a specialized industry, utilizes unique terms that are often the subject of disputes between the reinsurer and reinsured. One unique term is the 'follow the fortunes'...

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English One of the more infuriating things about lawyers is that often, if they do their job right, their client wins and no one else benefits from it. This is what happened on August 15 before Judge Sand...

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English My train this morning usually continues to New York. Today it terminated in Philadelphia, a victim of the deluge delivered by Hurricane Irene. Amtrak explained: Most Northeast Regional service will...

By J. Wylie Donald, Partner, McCarter & English One would think that preliminary estimates of bird fatalities at a proposed 78 MW wind farm in southeastern Minnesota were hardly news. After all, there are over 60,000 MW of wind energy installed...

By J. Wylie Donald , Partner, McCarter & English Well, it was only a matter of time before renewable energy hit the mainstream. By which we mean that the bloom comes off the road as the rubber hits the rose. Yesterday the FBI raided the headquarters...

By Nicholas Insua, Jason Alexander & Michael Smith, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP In their commentary, "Update: Chinese Drywall Litigation Continues," Nicholas Insua, Jason Alexander & Michael Smith of McCarter & English...

By Craig W. Davis and Nicholas M. Insua, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP A recent decision by New Jersey's Appellate Division questions the continued viability of prior New Jersey decisional law regarding whether property damage caused...

By Louis A. Chiafullo and Brett D. Kahn, Attorneys, McCarter & English, LLP The New Jersey Appellate Division's recent decision in Penn National Company v. Group C Communications may help policyholders secure coverage for Advertising Injury...

By J. Wylie Donald, David C. Kane, and Lauren E. Ciancia, McCarter & English, LLP The recent decision in AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co., in which the Supreme Court of Virginia found no "occurrence" in an underlying suit that alleged...

By Adam J. Budesheim, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP In Penn National Insurance Co. v. Group C Communications, Inc. , A-2813-09T3, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2077 (App. Div. Aug. 1, 2011), the first decision (albeit, unreported) from a...

By Brian J. Osias and Michael C. Smith, McCarter & English, LLP Courts have struggled with the conflicting expectations of additional insureds and their insurers under the ongoing operations clauses frequently found in comprehensive general liability...

By Adam J. Budesheim, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP In AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co. , 725 S.E.2d 532 (Va. 2012), the Supreme Court of Virginia became the first ultimate appellate court to rule on whether general liability policies...

By Mark D. Villanueva, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Berk-Cohen Assocs. v. Landmark Am. Ins. Co. , 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 14911 (5th Cir. July 20, 2011) recently considered whether an insured may recover...