A Philadelphia restaurant sued its insurance company, claiming that orders from both Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania government constitute a “prohibition of access” to its business under the civil authority extension of its insurance policy. [read post]

The Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, says no.King's Gym Complex sued its commercial property insurer in federal court for business income loss coverage before actually filing a claim with the company. [read post]

Let’s say you are a private company that doesn’t do business with public companies. [read post]

Some potential litigants may be deterred from doing so because the liquidity necessary to pursue litigation may be more limited, and the risk of failure more serious, in adverse economic conditions. [read post]

While the Advisory Panel was still in the process of developing its recommendations the insurer for Ontario lawyers warned its members that representing public interest groups was risky because those groups may become the target of a SLAPP lawsuit that involves great unanticipated cost consequences.[3] Having reached that critical point, it was not a great surprise that the final report released by Advisory Panel to the public in December 2010 recommended that anti-SLAPP legislation should… [read post]