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... N.D. Ill. Dec. 5, 2000) (New Jersey law); West Am. Ins. Co. v. Moonlight Design, Inc., 95 F. Supp. 2d 838, 842 ( ... or patent lawsuits. IP prosecution coverage may make sense for a startup if select intellectual property assets (patent or copyright) are key to the successful launch of your company' ... implied contract" or "misuse of an intellectual property right in content," as outlined in Media/Professional Insurance Co.'s cyberspace liability policy. The precise description of goods on your company' ...

... Miscellaneous Reports. Under a program approved by the Court of Appeals, however, most of the remainder are selected for publication electronically in the New York Slip Opinion Service. These opinions are classified ... New York University v. Continental Insurance Company, 87 NY2d 308; Paterra v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 38 AD3d 511 (2nd ... statements he gave were part of his duties to report possible false insurance claims to the police. Chapo v. Premier Liquor Corporation, 259 AD2d 1050 ...

... E&O/D&O policies, however, you must carefully review the policy language before selecting your company's coverage. Savvy corporate counsel will assure that the potential litigation exposure of their company governs ... ). One example of such coverage was historically available from the American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Called patent infringement indemnity insurance, it provided coverage of patent infringement claims caused by the "manufacture, use, distribution, advertising ...

... Hedge fund sued over Madoff investments "Investors in Tremont Group Holdings Inc., owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., have sued the hedge fund claiming gross negligence for placing money with money manager Bernard Madoff ... , the company insisted in response to blog postings about its layoff of attorney rating specialists. However, the company will change the way it gathers the information underpinning the ratings, a company spokesman said." WEB-ONLY | A white-collar defender's take ...

... and effort required to select a cost-effective provider and you won't decline services of marginal value. Health care providers, well-aware of insured customers' ... to win customers by offering the most cost-effective services. Increasing deductibles and co-payments would help on this front. Current policy, though, discourages high deductible and ... every dollar they save. This plan, or some version of it, would go a long way toward accomplishing President Obama's twin goals of cost containment and ...

... issues drop out of the picture and the portfolio company's insurance can becomes critical. Bankruptcy often has a way of demonstrating the insufficiency of the limits of insurance that the portfolio company purchased. Moreover, bankruptcy also has a ... various potentially implicated insurance policies terms and prospective insurance interactions all too often go unexamined. However, looking at the terms alone is not enough. Limits selection and program structure should also be carefully considered ...

... , litigation relating Bernie Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme made its way to Massachusetts via a class action complaint filed in the United States District Court by various ... not name Madoff or any other purported Madoff insider, but names Rye Select Broad Market Fund, L.P. and the entities that controlled and managed that ... to conform with any statement of quality or performance made in [the insured's] advertisement." Skylink Techs., Inc. v. Assurance Co. of Am., 400 F.3d 982, 985 (7th ...

... holder on the certificate's representation of additional insured coverage, while not sufficient, has been given some weight by selected courts together with the other factors identified above ... -state basis in dealing with this issue. That case law includes the following, by way of illustation: In Ref-Fuel Co. v. Res. Recycling, Inc., 248 A.D.2d 573 ( ... policy. In Sumitomo Marine and Fire Insurance Company v. Southern Guaranty Insurance Company of Georgia, 337 F.Supp. 2d 1339 (2004), the court took ...

... suggestions for vertical and/or horizontal diversification of periodic payments across several annuity issuers. Furthermore, the Defendant or Insurers may have staggered funding dates. Consider that the New York Liquidation Bureau takes up to 9 months ... access" and therefore the plaintiff might be getting short changed. There are a number of ways to handle that, but apparently the 3 quotes/3 brokers approach was selected by the judiciary in the New York county in question. Some have attempted to ...

The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform recently selected four health care reform proposals for eventual consideration by the Colorado legislature. Although they differ in their details, these differences are ... all residents into a single health program, forcing some or all individuals and/or businesses to purchase a state-approved insurance policy, requiring insurance companies to provide new additional benefits, establishing a new bureaucracy to set payments to the doctors for ...