Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have become integral parts of the corporate world.

YYou and your company are facing Superfund liability. What can you do to manage your costs? Depending on the history of the site, you may be able to draw on general liability insurance, other people’s insurance or contributions from other potentially responsible parties.

The subprime mortgage collapse and the resulting bank failures and market loss is clearly the most important risk event of 2008. Lawsuits have already begun against virtually anyone involved in the securitization of mortgages.

Major advances over the past decade have been embraced by businesses in virtually every sector, except one-the insurance industry.

Farmers and other agribusinesses holding crop insurance policies have long been relatively sheltered from coverage disputes by federal subsidies that cover as much as 70% of farmers' premiums.

As the use of unmanned aerial vehicles—commonly known as drones—becomes more widespread for professionals, solo operators and amateur enthusiasts alike, so does the risk of liability stemming from drone-related accidents.

With increasingly regularity, insurance companies seem to be pursuing policyholders to recover ret-rospective premiums under old workers compensation programs.

Securing data against unauthorized and unintentional disclosure continues to be elusive.

Data security never gets easier. The current trajectory of technological innovation creates an ever-more challenging security environment, and the cloud computing revolution is no different.

Is the right to independent defense counsel absolute? In mundane cases in which de-fense counsel is provided by an insurance company to defend the policyholder, such as minor auto liability and homeowner liability cases, the attorney is often appointed with lit-tle input from the policyholder client.

It is axiomatic that traditional insurance policies cannot be purchased to cover losses known to exist.

Many policyholders have wind coverage, but not flood coverage

When policyholders purchase insurance protection against loss or damage to their property, they can be covered when they are denied access to their property — even if it has not been structurally damaged.

Some insurance companies have argued that "improper" advancement of defense costs by the corporation pursuant to corporate indemnity statutes somehow permits the insurance company to "recoup" defense costs they previously advanced by re-litigating the policyholder's entitlement to defense costs even after a successful defense.

In Givaudan Fragrances Corporation v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, No. A-2270, 2015 N.J. Super. LEXIS 131 (App. Div. Aug. 12, 2015), the New Jersey Appellate Division decisively held that a policyholder can assign the proceeds of an insurance policy, despite the no-assignment clause that all general liability policies contain.

very year, the IRS issues alerts about a variety of common tax tricks and swindles (collectively referred to as "scams") that it has seen, in an attempt to warn taxpayers about the threats.

The economic crises and political upheavals occurring around the globe the past few years have highlighted the risk of engaging in international trade and investment.

The meaning of "family" has undergone some radical changes in recent years, and now encom¬passes same-sex couples (married to each other or not), blended families, single mothers, and even children conceived and born after the death of their biological father.

In recent times, commercial crime victims have had to add the "direct loss" defense to the simple certain¬ties of death and taxes.

A renovation project, whether it be a storefront on Madison Avenue or back-office in the suburbs, must be properly planned and coordinated in order to achieve the owner’s goals. An inefficient renovation project risks losses, not just from increased construction costs, but also lost revenue if a store cannot timely open.