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In This Issue Reversing District Court, Tenth Circuit Rules That Pollution Exclusions Unambiguously Bar Coverage For CERCLA Claims Alaska Court Rules That Communicable Disease Provision Does Not Encompass Business Losses Resulting From COVID-19 Restrictions New Jersey Court Remands Reinsurance Dispute, Ruling That International Reinsurers Failed To Establish That Matter Was Subject To Arbitration Ninth Circuit Rules That Insurer Had No Duty To Defend Suit Alleging “Willful” Conduct Under State Statute Iowa Supreme Court Rules That Consumer Fraud Claims Against Contractor Do Not Allege An “Occurrence” Or “Property Damage” Under Liability Policy Illinois Supreme Court Agrees To Answer Certified Question Relating To Scope Of Pollution Exclusion California Supreme Court Declines To Depublish Recent Decision Relating To Coverage For Wildfire-Related Damage To view this month’s articles as a PDF, please click here. “The team is top notch and incredibly strategic in its decision making and execution of its legal services. 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