In July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (courthouse pictured above) overturned a lower court ruling that exempted phishing scam losses from coverage. 

With its July 2017 ruling in Medidata Solutions v. Federal Insurance, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York became the first federal court to rule that losses due to phishing scams were covered under a cyber insurance computer fraud policy.

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Rhys Dipshan

CT-born, New York-based legal tech reporter covering everything from in-house technology disruption to privacy trends, blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and ghosts-in-the-machine. Continually waiting for law to catch up with tech. (It's like waiting for Godot, but without the clowns)