Emerging Risks


December 12, 2022

"In a products liability MDL, the plaintiff must have admissible primary evidence with which to establish general causation," said Judge Rosenberg. "The Plaintiffs fail to produce admissible primary evidence of general causation."

December 12, 2022

The employer asserted the "positive work order" defense, which required proof that there was a specific policy in place, the claimant knew about the employer's policy, and that the claimant's conduct at the time of injury removed the claimant from the course of employment.

December 12, 2022

When the stolen vehicle was actually repossessed.

December 08, 2022

"Lloyd's is aiming to avoid the ambiguity associated with applying the war exclusion to cyber-attacks with this new contract language," said Bahar and Bloomfield.

December 07, 2022

The perpetrator of a data breach interfered to the point where the owner of a stolen email address could communicate with clients in an effective, efficient manner.

December 07, 2022

The perpetrator of a data breach interfered to the point where the owner of a stolen email address could communicate with clients in an effective, efficient manner.

December 06, 2022

California, Missouri, and Washington state have all announced rate changes related to workers compensation.

December 05, 2022

Whether an insurer has a duty to defend arises in almost every liability insurance claim. A less common question is when the duty ends. Judge Sarah…

December 05, 2022

This is an introduction to and analysis of new ISO endorsements being made available to exclude commercial umbrella and excess liability exposures of or relating to PFAS chemicals.

December 05, 2022

Liberty Mutual successfully argued the application of a total pollution exclusion to a claim by Central Crude, Inc. for costs related to environmental remediation and litigation defense for a January 2007 oil spill in Paradis, Louisiana.