Since Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, 499 U.S. 585 (1991), forum selection clauses typically enjoy robust enforcement at both the state and federal levels. For that reason, in many (if not most) jurisdictions, contracting parties have the right and
In Crown Energy Co. v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., Case No. 116989, 2022 WL 2128667 (Okla. June 14, 2022), the Oklahoma Supreme Court concluded that seismic activity caused by water waste disposal wells in oil and gas operations constituted an “occurrence”
A new California Court of Appeal decision, Ghukasian v. Aegis Sec. Ins. Co., 78 Cal.App.5th 270 (2022), see our Alert here, affirms that a mistaken belief about the right to clear land does not transform an insured’s intentional acts
Typically, comprehensive cyber
insurance policies, rather than commercial crime policies, respond to claims of
data breach and other cybercrimes. With the rise in hacking and ransomware
attacks worldwide, businesses that may have chosen not to purchase cyber
insurance may find
Liability policies commonly contain exclusions precluding coverage
when the insured knew or should have known that wrongful acts occurring prior
to a policy’s effective date could later result in a claim. In Alps Property & Casualty Insurance
Company v. Kalicki
