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Indemnity
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Indemnification Claims Partially Succeed
In Paul S. Levy, et al. v. Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., download file, former directors and officers of a company that filed for bankruptcy sought indemnification under the bylaws of…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Bridgewood Building Corp. v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada [2006] O.J. No. 1288 Ontario Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the insurer from an order requiring it to indemnify two contractors under the terms of two CGL policies for the cost of…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Indemnification of Lawyer as Agent for Corporation
Who knows if any courts in Delaware will follow it, but a New Jersey appellate court, applying Delaware law, found that an attorney was entitled to indemnification by a corporation…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
In House Counsel Indictment Raises Indemnification Issue
The Wired GC Blog reports about 2 separate instances of in-house counsel being indicted, and raising the question of the willingness of their employers to indemnify them. This is an…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Hollinger International Inc. v. American Home Assurance Co. [2006] O.J. No. 140 Ontario Superior Court of Justice
The court authorized the funding of a settlement reached in a derivative action commenced in the State of Delaware. The process of settlement met the test of commercial reasonableness. The…
Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog
Indemnity Judgments that do not Affect Amount of Client’s Liability Cannot be a Basis of a Legal Malpractice Suit
The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a client could not prove the actual damages necessary to bring a legal malpractice action by relying on the existence of an outstanding…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Insurance Corp. of British Columbia v. Chaytor [2005] B.C.J. No. 2417 British Columbia Supreme Court
A person who operates a motor vehicle without a driver’s licence, with the implied consent of the registered owner, is in breach of s. 55(5) of the Regulations under the…
The IP Law Blog
The Ins and Outs of Indemnification
By Julie Garcia Indemnification is generally a subject that is important, yet easily overlooked during business transaction negotiations. Although the scope and purpose of the indemnification can take on many…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Indemnification Under Attack by Prosecutors
The National Law Journal has a story today about a tactic by prosecutors that threatens a new source of attack on rights to indemnification and advancement. The story appears below…
ContractsProf Blog
Oral Argument in Contractual Indemnification Case
This week, the New York Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Rodrigues v. N&S Building Contractors, Inc. In this case, an employee of a subcontractor (Caldas) was injured…