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Court Rules Insurance Companies Must Produce Documents in Coverage Fight With TransCanada
Posted on 26 Aug 2013 by Pamela D. Hans

By Pamela D. Hans , managing shareholder of Anderson Kill's Philadelphia Office On August 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, rejected arguments by Factory Mutual Insurance Company, AIG, ACE, and Arch, that the... Read More

Court Rules Insurance Companies Must Produce Documents in Coverage Fight With TransCanada inactive
Posted on 26 Aug 2013 by Anderson Kill

On August 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, rejected arguments by Factory Mutual Insurance Company, AIG, ACE, and Arch, that the work done by their coverage counsel in connection with handling a claim was not discoverable... Read More

Goldberg Segalla Is Nation’s Fourth-Fastest Growing Law Firm, Third-Fastest in New York
Posted on 10 Jul 2013 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

Firm Cracks NLJ 250 Mark and Enters NYLJ 100 Just days after The National Law Journal ’s annual NLJ 350 survey of the nation’s largest law firms showed Goldberg Segalla to be the fourth-fastest growing law firm in the country, the New York... Read More

Reed Smith LLP Policyholder Alert: Zeig Reconsidered?
Posted on 22 Aug 2011 by John Berringer and Michael DiCanio

By John Berringer and Michael DiCanio, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP While it has long been the general rule in New York and other jurisdictions that a policyholder's settlement with a primary insurer for less than full policy limits can nevertheless... Read More

New York Market Conduct Examinations
Posted on 30 Jan 2014 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

LexisNexis is pleased to announce the addition of New York materials to our collection of Market Conduct Examination Reports ( lexis.com subscribers click here ). Market Conduct Examinations focus on the business practices of insurers and are designed... Read More

Insurer Need Only Respond to Risk It Agreed to Insure
Posted on 18 Apr 2013 by Barry Zalma

By Barry Zalma, Attorney and Consultant In Seneca Insurance Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent v. Cimran Co., Inc., et al., Defendants-Respondents-Appellants. , No. 9226 (N.Y.App.Div. 04/09/2013), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com... Read More

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP On A Roadmap For Determining Coverage For Construction Defect Claims In New York
Posted on 23 Apr 2012 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Richard B. Friedman, J. Stephen Berry, and P. Michael Freed, Attorneys, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP In their commentary, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on a Roadmap for Determining Coverage for Construction Defect Claims in New York , by Richard... Read More

Courts Continue To Resist Confidentiality in Filing Arbitral Vacatur/Confirmation Proceedings; Other Rulings Lead To Confirmation of Award
Posted on 9 Dec 2011 by Cadwalader OneWorld International Practice

By Louis M. Solomon, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Harper Ins. Ltd. v. Century Indemnity Co. , 10 Civ. 7866 (S.D.N.Y. July 2011)(NRB) (Free Download), addresses cross-petitions to vacate and confirm an arbitral award. The case addresses... Read More

Courts Continue To Resist Confidentiality in Filing Arbitral Vacatur/Confirmation Proceedings; Other Rulings Lead To Confirmation of Award
Posted on 9 Dec 2011 by Cadwalader OneWorld International Practice

By Louis M. Solomon, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Harper Ins. Ltd. v. Century Indemnity Co. , 10 Civ. 7866 (S.D.N.Y. July 2011)(NRB) (Free Download), addresses cross-petitions to vacate and confirm an arbitral award. The case addresses... Read More

Reed Smith LLP Policyholder Alert: Zeig Reconsidered?
Posted on 22 Aug 2011 by John Berringer and Michael DiCanio

By John Berringer and Michael DiCanio, Attorneys, Reed Smith LLP While it has long been the general rule in New York and other jurisdictions that a policyholder's settlement with a primary insurer for less than full policy limits can nevertheless... Read More