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Cybersecurity

When It Comes to Cyberinsurance, Buyer Beware: 10 tips for upping recovery odds from cyber and D&O policies

While the risks posed by data breaches are by now widely recognized, effective management of the risk is lagging. Statistics indicate that concern about data breaches is up, yet half of all businesses have no plans to dedicate more resources to avert these perils. The purchase of dedicated...

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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

The More the Merrier? Increase in multiparty arbitrations spawns new institutional rules

Over the last several years, the world’s leading arbitral institutions have adopted new rules, recognizing that the growth in international arbitration has been accompanied by the increasing complexity and sophistication of disputes.  Institutional statistics reveal increases in...

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Food & Beverage

Watch the Coverage Gap: Insurance for food contamination and recalls may leave liability on the table

Many aspects of a food manufacturer’s business are predictable or planned. And then there's food contamination and product recall – unanticipated events that keep a general counsel up at night. No wonder. An outbreak of foodborne illness, linked to a product ...

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Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Mergers and Acquisitions: Identify, Analyze and Value Insurance Assets When Making Deals

While international “tax inversion” deals found controversy and dominated the political headlines among merger and acquisition news stories this year, practicing attorneys are still focused on the nuts and bolts of making deals happen and protecting the interests of their clients on...

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Cybersecurity

10 Tips For Enhancing Insurance Recoveries For Cyber Claims

The Massive & Ever-Increasing Risk 2014 has seen one massive data breach after another, affecting industries and organizations of every type. One recent report indicated an Eastern European cyber-crime gang by itself has hacked 1.2 billion username and password combinations. Another report...

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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Arbitration Clauses Can Make Dispute Resolution Arbitrary

The outcome of an arbitration can be determined by choice-of-law provisions and other clauses that dictate who may serve as an arbitrator and how the proceedings must be conducted. This is particularly true in the context of insurance coverage litigation, which often turns upon which state’...

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Insurance Coverage & Recovery

10 Tips For Getting Claims Paid

Insurance is a strange business. The less promised product insurance companies deliver, and the more slowly they deliver it, the more money they make. The "product" in question is not insurance policies, but payouts on claims. An insurance company’s goal is to obtain the largest...

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