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In This Issue Insurers Must Defend Civil Rights Suit Stemming From Wrongful Acts That Preceded Policy Period, Says Fifth Circuit First Circuit Rules That SEC Enforcement Action And Related Proceedings Are A Single Claim “First Made” Prior To Policy Period Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Breach Of Contract And Bad Faith Claims Against D&O Insurer Missouri Court Rules That Pollution Exclusion Precludes Coverage For Asbestos Exposure New Jersey Supreme Court Declares Stranger-Oriented Life Insurance Policy Void Ab Initio Eighth Circuit Rules That Batch Clause Operates To Combine All Damage Occurring Across Multiple Policy Periods Into Single Occurrence Florida Supreme Court To Decide Whether Insurer Has Standing To Bring Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm Retained To Represent Insured As Data Breach Litigation Proliferates, Courts Address Scope Of Actionable Claims South Carolina Supreme Court Adopts Case-Specific Approach To “At Issue” Waiver In Bad Faith Cases To view this month’s articles as a PDF, please click here. “They [Simpson Thacher] substantively know the area extremely well and have encyclopedic knowledge of national laws as they litigate all over [the] country.” - Chambers USA 2019 Prior Editions: May 2019 Insurance Law Alert April 2019 Insurance Law Alert March 2019 Insurance Law Alert February 2019 Insurance Law Alert January 2019 Insurance Law Alert December 2018 Insurance Law Alert November 2018 Insurance Law Alert October 2018 Insurance Law Alert September 2018 Insurance Law Alert July/August 2018 Insurance Law Alert June 2018 Insurance Law Alert May 2018 Insurance Law Alert April 2018 Insurance Law Alert March 2018 Insurance Law Alert February 2018 Insurance Law Alert January 2018 Insurance Law Alert December 2017 Insurance Law Alert November 2017 Insurance Law Alert October 2017 Insurance Law Alert September 2017 Insurance Law Alert July/August 2017 Insurance Law Alert June 2017 Insurance Law Alert May 2017 Insurance Law Alert April 2017 Insurance Law Alert March 2017 Insurance Law Alert February 2017 Insurance Law Alert January 2017 Insurance Law Alert December 2016 Insurance Law Alert November 2016 Insurance Law Alert October 2016 Insurance Law Alert September 2016 Insurance Law Alert July/August 2016 Insurance Law Alert June 2016 Insurance Law Alert May 2016 Insurance Law Alert April 2016 Insurance Law Alert March 2016 Insurance Law Alert February 2016 Insurance Law Alert January 2016 Insurance Law Alert December 2015 Insurance Law Alert November 2015 Insurance Law Alert October 2015 Insurance Law Alert September 2015 Insurance Law Alert July/August 2015 Insurance Law Alert June 2015 Insurance Law Alert May 2015 Insurance Law Alert April 2015 Insurance Law Alert March 2015 Insurance Law Alert February 2015 Insurance Law Alert January 2015 Insurance Law Alert December 2014 Insurance Law Alert November 2014 Insurance Law Alert October 2014 Insurance Law Alert September 2014 Insurance Law Alert August 2014 Insurance Law Alert Show more Please click here to subscribe to the Insurance Law Alert. 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