Lit Watch


March 25, 2022

In what may be the first finding that a general liability policy will cover some data breach losses, a U.S. District court has ruled that Target can recover settlements it paid to banks in connection with a 2013 breach.

March 22, 2022

Fraud can hurt not only large organizations like the NFL, but also the average consumer by means of higher premiums and potentially costly litigation.

March 03, 2022

A U.S. Appeals Court has issued a ruling in a case over coverage for the theft of gold coins worth more than $1 million in which fraudulent checks were used to scam a dealer.

March 03, 2022

The question will likely come down to whether Tesla and others defectively designed their product(s) or if these crashes are the result of some form of driver negligence.

February 10, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed the decision of the lower court, finding that a policy that listed windstorms among the covered…

February 08, 2022

A court has ruled on the Oxford comma, finding that a policy's punctuation was not unclear and that a professional liability policy did not cover a multimillion-dollar judgment resulting from a lawsuit.

February 07, 2022

The New Jersey Superior Court considers whether a Russian cyber-attack should be considered an "act of war" to be excluded from an all-risk property insurance policy.

February 02, 2022

A money transportation company has filed a lawsuit accusing the FBI and the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department of scheming to illegally pull over company vehicles and seize money from its marijuana dispensary clients.

February 01, 2022

Despite being insured by Liberty Insurance Corporation, the insureds sued Liberty Mutual.

January 31, 2022

Waymo claims that the car crash data should be considered a trade secret.