Will the credit crisis, like a black hole, draw most financial institutions—including major insurance companies—inwards towards crushing destruction?

Business litigation these days frequently involves the production of voluminous documents in discovery. At the same time, clients may want their documents to be held confidential and to limit the persons who can examine them.

In the current economic climate, it is wise for policyholders to take stock of their insurance portfolios and consider whether a change in insurance companies would be beneficial.

In the current economic climate, it is wise for policyholders to take stock of their insurance portfolios and consider whether a change in insurance companies would be beneficial.

The recent failure of IndyMac Bank and the turmoil in the financial markets have made investors focus on the safety and security of their moneys on deposit in banking institutions.

In the 1980s and 1990s, New Jersey earned a justified reputation as a pro-policyholder jurisdiction. In those highly contentious days of environmental insurance litigation, New Jersey courts ruled favorably for policyholders on many coverage issues.

Most financial planners consider the current tax environment to be one of historically low taxes.

As the oil and gas industry continues to struggle in the face of the ongoing decline of commodity prices, a recent decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York may have offered a glimmer of hope to upstream producers, while creating more uncertainty for midstream gatherers and processors and their lenders and investors.

2014 has seen one massive data breach after another, affecting industries and organizations of every type.

Are you running afoul of what might be called the new federal "All Purpose Anti-Fraud Act"? Recent amendments to the federal False Claims Act have very significantly expanded its reach, and the activities of many more entities may now be covered.

The recent decision in DPC Industries,Inc. v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., 615 F.3d 609 (5th Cir. 2010) illustrates the harsh fact that policyholders should not always breathe a sigh of relief when an insurance company initially accepts coverage for a claim.

As businesses assess the damage and try to recover from the massive disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy, many are already thinking about how their insurance contracts respond.

A recent decision in the California Supreme Court clarifies the full extent to which policyholders facing environmental clean-up costs or other long tail claims can tap into their historic policies to help pay for those costs.

GDPR, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, has arrived with much ado. So far, however, there has been little discussion about which insurance coverage will apply and what losses insurance will cover.

Falling real estate prices in New York City are making the prospects of owning or renting commercial property more attractive than they have been in many years.

As the year turns from 2018 to 2019, a look back at developments in D&O li¬ability insurance and underlying expo¬sure helps put events into perspective.

Every company entrusted with any personal data at all must read the decision in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., No. 14-3514 (3rd Cir. Aug. 24, 2015).

From the early 1990s through the early years of this cen¬tury, pollution legal liability (PLL) insurance policies were increasingly specialized.

On October 18, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) Council on PFAS released its strategic roadmap that lays out in one document the USEPA's whole-of-agency approach to addressing PFAS.

A policyholder purchases liability insurance coverage to protect itself in the event it gets sued.