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- Somebody’s Watching Me: A Recent Smart-TV Lawsuit Seeks Insurance Coverage for Privacy Litigation
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- Still Only Eight Corners?: The Texas Supreme Court Decides Richards v. State Farm
- Headline: "SXSW Disaster: Event Admits It Has No Insurance for Coronavirus Cancellation"
- Maryland Court Orders Insurance Company to Pay Ransomware Damages Under Businessowner’s Policy
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- Ain’t Going to Study War Exclusions No More... Or Are We? Universal Cable Productions LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Ins. Co. (9th Cir., July 12 2019)
- Federal Court Rejects Effort to Skirt a Policy’s Claims-Made-and-Reported Requirement
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Somebody’s Watching Me: A Recent Smart-TV Lawsuit Seeks Insurance Coverage for Privacy Litigation
After the Fourth Circuit held that a commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy could cover a data incident in 2016, confusion arose as to whether CGL policies would continue to cover data breaches. A recent California lawsuit by the smart-TV maker Vizio against two of its insurance companies shows that this confusion also arises when an insured invokes CGL policies to cover litigation arising from alleged data misuse. Read More ›
Maryland Court Orders Insurance Company to Pay Ransomware Damages Under Businessowner’s Policy
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland recently held that an insurer must cover an insured’s costs to replace its computer systems following a ransomware attack. The case, National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Civ. No. SAG-18-2138 (D. Md. January 23, 2020), contains lessons for business and insurance companies going forward. Read More ›