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Article 6 abr 2020
On March 23, 2020, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)—the California energy utility—announced that it will plead guilty to criminal charges for its role in the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California, which led to the deaths of 85 people and caused billions of dollars in property damage. This plea brings a lengthy investigation to a conclusion, but it is not anticipated that PG&E’s existing civil liabilities ($24.5 billion) will increase as a result of the plea agreement.
Article 29 out 2019
In recent years, the US has seen a trend in large-scale litigation pushed forward by the plaintiffs’ bar in the form of class actions, which are often consolidated in state courts or take the form of multi-district litigation (MDL) in the federal court system.
Article 11 set 2019
There was a time when it was not uncommon for strangers to purchase insurance on the lives of prominent people, essentially wagering on their premature death.
Article 10 set 2019
Transportation Network Companies (“TNCs”) offer prearranged transportation services for a fee, using a mobile application to connect passengers with drivers who transport them in their private vehicles. Uber and Lyft are two well-known TNCs.
Report 9 set 2019
Article 23 jan 2019
The recent deadly and destructive Woosley Fire and Camp Fire in California have resulted in billions of dollars in claims.
Article 16 jan 2019
Choice-of-law analysis is one of the threshold issues in any insurance coverage dispute.
Article 15 jan 2019
The Florida Supreme Court in Harvey v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., a divided 4-3 decision, imposed a heavy burden on insurers in the context of a bad faith claim handling case.
Article 14 jan 2019
Insurers are well familiar with a policyholder argument against enforcing an insurance contract as written, based upon legal principles designed to protect “unsophisticated” consumer policyholders.
Article 19 out 2018
In May of 2018, the American Law Institute (ALI) approved a final draft of the Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance (RLLI), which is the ALI’s first venture into the field of liability insurance. The approval of the RLLI came after eight years of controversy among advocates for insurers and policyholders, and twenty-nine drafts.
