ArticleColorado Creates P3 OfficeDuring the 2022 session, the Colorado legislature created a Public Private Partnership Office with the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleFederal Contractors: Register And Certify Your Affirmative Action Programs By June 30, 2022The portal launched February 1, 2022. Registration began on February 15 and certification began on March 31.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleGermany Considers Enacting First-Ever Law Requiring Companies To Both Monitor And Control Supply Chain PracticesEarlier this month, the German government resolved to approve a new supply chain law that would impose unprecedented obligations on German companies to control labor and control practices – not only of their own operations.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleSixth Circuit Concludes That The Kentucky Billboard Act Violates The First AmendmentThe Kentucky Billboard Act requires a permit for billboards that advertise off-site activities—but no permit is required for on-site billboard advertising.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleAppellate Court Clears Up Confusion About Exclusions In Commercial Auto PoliciesLike most liability policies, commercial auto policies have exclusions meant to preclude claims by employees against the employer-policyholder.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleAppraisal Award Ends Property Damage DisputeProperty insurance policies contain provisions to resolve disputes between the policyholder and the insurer over damage claims.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleAre Repair Costs Covered Damages Under A Liability Policy?Liability policies cover sums an insured becomes legally obligated to pay to a third-party as damages for a loss.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleClaims By Tort Claimants Against Municipal Insurer Over Coverage For Sexual Abuse Dismissed By Federal CourtTypically, a claimant has no direct right of action against an insurance company especially prior to a judgment against the insured.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleDefamation Plaintiff Has Default Judgment But Not Standing To Sue Insolvent Policyholder's Insurance CompanyBankruptcy and insurance have been engaged in a tangled web for decades. Claimants against bankrupt insureds are often frustrated in seeking a recovery that they might otherwise obtainUnited StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleInterrelatedness, Prompt Notice And Prior And/Or Pending Litigation Exclusion CollideDirectors and Officers ("D&O") insurance policies have been written on a claims-made basis for decades. United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleLate Notice And Timely Disclaimer Sink Claim To Recover Judgment From InsurersUnder New York law (and the law of other jurisdictions), an unsatisfied judgment against an insured may be the subject of an action to recover the judgment against the insurance company.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleLawyer Not Covered for Claim By Client to Recover Disputed Legal FeesDid you hear the one about the lawyer and client fighting over paid legal fees? United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticlePolicyholder's Attempt To Third-Party Reinsurers DeniedWhen a policyholder faces litigation from its insurance company over a claim submitted by the policyholder, ...United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticlePost-Trial Motions Denied In Hard-Fought Reinsurance DisputeReinsurance disputes are rarely tried to a jury. They are typically arbitrated. When they are tried to a jury–just like any jury trialUnited StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleReplacing Life Insurance Policy Triggers Change In Suicide CoverageReplacing life insurance has ramifications. In a recent Third Circuit case, the ramifications resulted in the loss of full policy benefits.United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleSecurity! Professional Services Exclusion Bars CoverageIn my experience, companies (and people) who buy insurance often do not understand what they bought. United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleStrict Conditions Doom Flood Insurance ClaimThe National Flood Insurance Program has been controversial to say the least. Part of the program allows commercial insurance companies to act as agents for the federal government United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleThe 5th Amendment And Insurance CoverageWhen a property is destroyed by fire, the property owner's property insurance likely will cover the loss all things being equal. United StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleUnambiguous Repair Clause Bars Coverage For Yacht FireHappy New Year to all readers of the Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Blog. In this first post of the new decade, we find the Ninth CircuitUnited StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP
ArticleViolation Of Statute Exclusion Bars Coverage Under Umbrella PolicyMany general liability polices contain an exclusion for violations of certain statutes involving the sending or communicating of information like the Telephone Consumer Protection ActUnited StatesInsuranceSquire Patton Boggs LLP