Nicholas Malfitano | May 8, 2018 | Liability Insurance
Weeks away from the American Law Institute’s annual meeting in Washington D.C., where the group’s controversial Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance will once again be up for approval, a representative from the group recently said the ALI is trying to...
Jennifer Morinigo, Tom Baker and Kyle D. Logue | May 3, 2018 | Liability Insurance
Since the 2017 Annual Meeting, many changes have been made to the Liability Insurance project draft. Sections 3 and 4, The Plain-Meaning Rule and Ambiguous Terms, have both been significantly revised to reflect the decision to adopt a plain meaning rule. Black letter...
A. Hugh Scott | May 17, 2017 | Liability Insurance
This article originally appeared in LAW360. The saga of the proposed “Restatement of the Law — Liability Insurance” (the “Insurance Restatement” or “Restatement”) of the American Law Institute continued to unfold recently with the publication by the Restatement’s...
Tom Baker and Kyle D. Logue | May 17, 2017 | Liability Insurance
Abstract For most non-contractual legal claims for damages that are brought against individuals or firms, there is some form of liability insurance coverage. The Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance is the American Law Institute’s first effort to “restate” the...
A. Hugh Scott | February 14, 2017 | Liability Insurance
In a recent LAW360 article, A. Hugh Scott of Choate focuses on the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance project, which was topic of panel discussion at the Insurance Coverage and Practice Symposium, held on December 8 and 9, 2016, in New York City. Read the...
