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Show: results per page Sort by:  | Connecticut Supreme Court Relieves Insurer of Duty to Defend Personal Injury Suit against Additional Insured
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 22, 2013, previously published on April 18, 2013 In an issue of first impression, and a rare opinion about insurance coverage, the Connecticut Supreme Court addressed whether an insurer has a duty to defend an additional insured when the complaint in the underlying personal injury action draws no connection between the injured person's use of the...
| | Economic Loss Rule Now Applies Only in the Products Liability Context
Rodney Janis, Sean M. McDonough, Anthony P. Strasius; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 17, 2013, previously published on April 15, 2013 Upon emphasizing and reaffirming its concern with the over-expansion of the economic loss rule, the Supreme Court of Florida recently rendered a decision in Tiara Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc. restricting application of the economic loss rule to actions in the...
| | D&Os in Cyberspace: SEC Endorses Social Media for Corporate Communications with Investors
Anjali C. Das; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 15, 2013, previously published on April 9, 2013 On April 2, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance endorsing companies' use of social media to disclose information to investors - with certain caveats. The SEC's social media guidance was prompted by its investigation of the personal Facebook posting by the CEO...
| | Florida Repeals International Driving Permit Requirement and Remains a Top U.S. Destination for International Tourists
Brian Del Gatto, Spensyr Ann Mayfield, Sean M. McDonough; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 5, 2013, previously published on April 3, 2013 Foreign visitors are again free to drive Florida’s roads so long as they posses a valid noncommercial driver’s license issued in their home state or country (commercial licenses were never compromised). The Florida Legislature has eliminated the controversial international driving...
| | Supreme Court Declines to Decide Whether the “First Sale Doctrine” Should Apply to Patent Law
Adam R. Bialek, Kerianne Losier; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 1, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 On March 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by Ninestar Technology Co. in a case decided by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals last year captioned Ninestar Tech. Co. v. ITC (Supreme Court No. 12-552), in the Court of Appeals, 667 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir.2012)....
| | Illinois Appellate Court Endorses “All Sums” Allocation Rule for Asbestos Bodily Injury Losses under Excess and Umbrella Insurers
Loren S. Cohen, Jacob R. Graham, Carl J. Pernicone; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 26, 2013 On March 5, 2013, the First District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled in John Crane, Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co., 2013 IL App (1st) 093240-B that excess and umbrella insurers covering asbestos-related injury claims are jointly and severally liable under an “all sums” allocation method,...
| | Supreme Court's New Ruling May Bolster Defense of Data Breach and Privacy Cases
Anjali C. Das, Christina L. Talamonti; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 25, 2013 In Clapper v. Amnesty International, 568 U.S. 2013, the United States Supreme Court upheld the strict requirements under Article III for a plaintiff to have standing to sue in privacy cases. Rejecting Respondents' arguments as too speculative, the Court held that for future harm to constitute...
| | Out-of-Court Statements Made by Attorneys Are Subject to a Lesser Standard for Defamation
Ronald L. Harrop, Rodney Janis, Sean M. McDonough, Anthony P. Strasius; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 21, 2013 In DelMonico v. Traynor, No. SC10-1397 (Fla. February 14, 2013), the Florida Supreme Court expanded the potential liability of attorneys for defamation lawsuits. Traditionally, lawyers, judges and other judicial officers enjoyed absolute immunity for defamatory statements made in court proceedings...
| | Insurers Lose Defense Reimbursement Battle in Washington State
Louis H. Castoria; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 22, 2013 It’s cynically said that no good deed goes unpunished. The Washington State Supreme Court seems to agree when it comes to insurers’ reservations of rights to seek reimbursement of fees and costs they have paid for the defense of claims that later prove not to be afforded coverage.
| | International Reach Given to First Sale Doctrine in Kirtsaeng Deals a Blow to Copyright Owners
Adam R. Bialek, Kerianne Losier; Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 21, 2013 In a decision likely to have broad implications on international consumerism and alternative markets, the Supreme Court, in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, articulated the contours of the Copyright Act’s first sale doctrine and by extension curtailed the exclusive distribution right...
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