Lawyers today are specialists, as evidenced by the long list of single issue law blogs listed on the bottom left of this blog (for an explanation of that list, see here). And with specialization comes what I call “without a second thought” tools, which are approaches to practice that are second nature to those
Coverage Litigation
Judge’s Ruling In Hurricane Katrina Coverage Litigation
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Posted in Coverage Litigation
I don’t have anything to say about this right now, and everybody will be weighing in tomorrow on what the decision itself means, but I thought I would note that the court has issued its opinion, favorable to the insurer and the insurance industry, in the Hurricane Katrina coverage case that went to trial recently.…
Hurricane Katrina Insurance Claims
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Posted in Coverage Litigation, Homeowners Insurance
Readers of this prior post know that I had some questions as to whether the Maryland legislature engaged in the necessary amount of due diligence before enacting the Fair Share Act. There is certainly much to be said, though, for the very fact of state legislatures attempting to resolve difficult problems, such as the availability…
Coverage Lawyers, and How to Pay Them
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Posted in Coverage Counsel, Coverage Litigation
It seems like everyone is weighing in on the question of billable hours and alternative fee arrangements these days. My colleague and occasional lunch companion – and forceful proselytizer for abandoning the billable hour – Chris Marston weighed in on his blog the other day on the evils of the billable hour and his belief…
More on Arbitration
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Apparently I am not the only one with concerns about the arbitration process, which I discussed in a recent post. As this article notes, both the Eleventh Circuit and the Georgia state courts are displaying an overt hostility towards parties who challenge arbitration decisions in court, after the arbitration has concluded. What is unclear…
Coverage Arbitration Pros and Cons
By Stephen Rosenberg on
As soon as I read the article Arbitration’s Fall From Grace in GC South, I knew I needed to pass it along to others. Insurance policies are often written with arbitration clauses that require coverage disputes between the insured and the insurer to be arbitrated. In seminars I have given, I often discuss the pros…
Hurricane Katrina Coverage Litigation
By Stephen Rosenberg on
Posted in Coverage Litigation
Call it professional jealousy that someone else has such an interesting case to try, call it the same urge to look that slows up traffic when there is an accident over by the side of a road, call it simply a professional interest in a fascinating insurance coverage dispute, but I am fascinated by the…