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Sep.9.2025
A Cautionary Tale for Contractors: Illinois Court Strictly Enforces Cyber Exclusion
CLM Magazine
Aug.28.2025
NCAA Volunteer Coach Victory: Key Takeaways from a Successful Antitrust Class Certification
California Lawyers Association E-Briefs, News and Notes
Aug.25.2025
AI Update: The Long Crazy Trip of Hallucinating Artificial Intelligence Continues – Another Day, Another Sanction for Use of Fabricated Caselaw
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.25.2025
Choosing the Right Lawyer: What Should You Ask and What Should You Expect?
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.25.2025
No Exceptions (Unless Prescribed by Law): Court Grants Motion to Preclude Attorneys’ Fees Even Though Carrier Will “Not Entertain” Settlement
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.25.2025
Rescission: Timing Matters Under Texas Law
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.25.2025
Texas Appellate Court Granted Mandamus and Allowed Insurer to Intervene in Case Brought Against Adjusting Company and Individual Adjuster
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.25.2025
Western District of Texas Batches Thousands of Stucco Claims into Single Occurrence Pursuant to “Single Occurrence Clause” Endorsement, Holds SIR Exhausted by Initial Settlements
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Aug.12.2025
When Failure To Satisfy Insured Duty Is Fatal To Texas Claims
Law360
Jul.28.2025
Judge Donato Rules on MSJ Dismissing UCL Claims But Not CIPA Claims – Trial Started on July 21, 2025 Frasco v. Flo Health, Inc., 3:21-cv-00757
California Lawyers Association E-Briefs, News and Notes
Jul.17.2025
AI Update: Lawsuit Against Character Technologies Moves Forward in Florida Federal Court
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jul.17.2025
Florida’s Rules of Civil Procedure Have Some Changes
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jul.17.2025
Pick Your Poison: Court Grants Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Nearly All of Insureds’ Causes of Action
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jul.9.2025
N.M. Cyber Ruling Will Spur Litigation As Coverage Remedy
Law360
Jul.1.2025
Invoking ‘Our Option’ and Preferred Contractor Network Endorsements
Claims Journal
Jun.27.2025
Burger King Employees Persist After Renewed Motion to Dismiss
California Lawyers Association
Jun.18.2025
AI Update: Insurance Commissioners Challenge One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Definition of Artificial Intelligence
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.18.2025
Massachusetts Collapse Decision Highlights Importance of Careful Underwriting
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.3.2025
Stop, Collaborate and Listen! What to Know About the FTC and DOJ’s Withdrawal of the Competitor Collaboration Guidelines
Jun.2.2025
Holding an Insured to its Duties and Burdens
May.21.2025
AI Update: Chatbot Errors? – There’s a Policy for That!
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
May.21.2025
Court Analyzes “Forces of Nature” in Applying Section 542A of the Texas Insurance Code
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
May.21.2025
Georgia’s Latest Efforts at Tort Reform: SB 68 & SB 69 Reshape the Liability Landscape for Insurers and Policyholders Alike
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
May.21.2025
Insurer Escapes Duty to Defend Obligation in Toll Road Pile-Up Lawsuits Under Designated Work Exclusion and Professional Liability Exclusion
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
May.21.2025
When Coverage Disagreements Are Justified: The Bona Fide Dispute Doctrine in Action
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
May.6.2025
Calif. Smoke Claim Ruling Gives Insurers Support On Denials
Law360
May.6.2025
Is Your War Exclusion Fit for Purpose?
May.5.2025
How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Law360
Apr.21.2025
AI Update: AI Avatar Does NOT, In Fact, Please the Court
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Apr.21.2025
Any is Not All and The Future is Not Now: The Contours of the Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Taking Shape
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Apr.21.2025
Concurrent Causation is Key – Fifth Circuit Holds Insured to its Causative Burden
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Apr.21.2025
Itemized Appraisal Ordered Over Delay and Coverage Dispute Objections: A Shift in the Appraisal Enforcement Paradigm?
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Apr.21.2025
“Occurrence” Provisions Within Excess Policies Support an Exposure Trigger Theory Application for Asbestos-Related Claims
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Apr.10.2025
Home Depot Ruling Tolls Death Knell For 'Silent Cyber'
Law360
Mar.31.2025
Further Clarity Regarding Coverage for Funds Transfer Fraud
Mar.26.2025
A View From the Floor: Women in Competition
California Lawyers Association
Mar.26.2025
Judge Donato Excludes Expert Opinion Testimony, Denies Class Certification in Klein V. Meta
California Lawyers Association
Mar.26.2025
Ninth Circuit Upholds Denial of American Booksellers Association’s Motion to Intervene in FTC v. Amazon.com
California Lawyers Association
Mar.24.2025
The L.A. Fires: Contingent Business Interruption Coverage Considerations
Mar.19.2025
AI Update: AI-Driven Parametric Insurer Launches in Bermuda and Texas
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Mar.19.2025
Another One Strikes the Dust: Presuit Notice to Third-Party Adjuster Does Not Comply with Section 542A.003(a) of the Texas Insurance Code
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Mar.19.2025
Balancing Discovery and Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege In the Insurance Coverage Context
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Mar.19.2025
Court Enforces Pleading Standards and Dismisses Bad Faith Allegations
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Mar.19.2025
When a Plaintiff’s Counsel Thinks His Client is Dead and then Alive Again – Believe Him but Seek Sanctions
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
AI Update: New Lawsuit Highlights the Risks Of AI-Related Disclosures
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
Employee Theft of Electronic Data Is Not Direct Physical Damage to or Direct Physical Loss of Business Personal Property
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
Federal District Court Holds Engineer Is Qualified Enough, and His Methods Are Reliable Enough, to Testify to Date Wind and Hail Caused Roof Damage
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller: Love (and Murder) Is in the Air: Redefining What it Means to be a “Domestic Partner”
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
Southern District of Texas Holds Benefits-Lost Rule Inapplicable, Alleged Delay in ALE Payments Not an “Independent Injury”
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
The Aftermath of Covid-19 – New York’s Expansion of Business Interruption Coverage
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Feb.19.2025
The First Houston Court of Appeals Correctly Grants Mandamus Relief to Compel Appraisal After Suit Is Filed
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.16.2025
AI Update: New Lawsuit Highlights Potential Risks Associated with Products Utilizing Artificial Intelligence
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.16.2025
Lassoing Liability with Megan Zeller: How to Be a Reasonably Prudent Insurer Under the Stowers Doctrine, Part II
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.16.2025
The Southern District of Texas Reaffirms That an Insured has the Burden to Identify a Covered Loss During the Policy Period and Segregate Its Damages
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.16.2025
“Amount of Loss” By Any Other Name: Conditions Precedent and Scope of Appraisals in Minnesota
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.16.2025
“With a Gap in the Pleadings and Extrinsic Evidence Unavailable,” the Insurer has a Duty to Defend
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jan.8.2025
Minnesota’s Amended Rule 30.02 Embraces the Era of Remote Depositions
Dec.18.2024
AI Update: AI and Insurance - Predictions for 2025
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Dec.18.2024
Appraisal Panel Acted Within its Rights when Considering Causation
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Dec.18.2024
Federal Court Correctly Concludes that a Simple Disagreement Between Experts Does Not Support a Claim for the Breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing - Beka One, LLC V. RLI Insurance Company
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Dec.18.2024
Is Your War Exclusion Fit for Purpose?
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Dec.18.2024
Stowers Demands: the Gift that Keeps on Giving
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Nov.18.2024
Homeowners Did Not Substantially Meet Policy’s Condition Precedent to Recover Replacement Cost Value
Insurance Litigation Reporter
Nov.13.2024
Cade v. State Farm Lloyds — Insured's Failure to Comply with Policy Conditions Bars Personal Property Claims
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Nov.13.2024
AI Update: Texas Department of Insurance Approves ZestyAI’s Severe Convective Storm Models
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Nov.13.2024
Claims for Statutory Interest and Attorney’s Fees Do Not Survive Insured’s Death
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Nov.13.2024
Federal Court Properly Applies Concurrent Causation and Rejects an “Expert” Opinion –Thompson v. State Farm Lloyds
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Nov.13.2024
The Fifth Circuit Finds CGL’s Motorized Vehicles Endorsement to Preclude Coverage for Drag Racing
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
After the Storm: Causation Considerations for Commercial Property Insurance Claims in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
AI Update: California Governor Vetoes AI Safety Bill
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Appraisal Not Appropriate Until the Insured Cooperates with the Adjustment
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Despite the Deepest Desires of Policyholder Attorneys, Concurrent Causation Continues
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Hamlet Analyzes a Construction Exclusion
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Hurricane Milton First-Party Property Claims Checklist
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Insureds’ Failure to Send Proper Presuit Notice Can Automatically Abate Case Against Insurers
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
Simply Providing a Contractor’s Estimate Fails to Satisfy the “Specific Amount Alleged to be Owed by an Insurer” Requirement Under Section 542A.003(b)(2) of the Texas Insurance Code
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Oct.9.2024
The Fifth Circuit Continues to Uphold Texas’ General “Physical Injury” Definition
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
AI Update: What is Zero Shot Learning?
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
Calling an Audible: What Happens When the Insurance Company Changes the Game Plan After Plaintiff Files Suit?
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
Case Study: Palma V. Allied Tr. Ins. Co. - You’ve Got Some Fact Issues (Or Maybe You Don’t)
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
Excess Stowers Verdicts Continue to be Risky Ventures for Primary Insurers
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
Insureds’ Failure to Comply with Their Duties Under a Policy Could Bar Claims
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Sep.11.2024
The First Circuit Weighs in on a Challenge to the Impartiality of an Appraiser and Competence and Impartiality of an Umpire Under Rhode Island Law in B.R.S. Real Estate Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London
Jul.9.2024
Chapter 542 Interest and Tolling During Periods of Delay Caused by the Policyholder
Jun.13.2024
AI Update - Shallowfake and Deepfake Technology: Coming Soon to a Claim Near You
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.13.2024
Expert Affidavits with Nothing More Than Conclusory, Subjective Opinions Do Not Create a Fact Issue Sufficient to Defeat Summary Judgment
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.13.2024
Texas Supreme Court Corrals Contractors
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.13.2024
The Fifth Circuit Deals a Blow to Insureds in Bitcoin Disputes
The Zelle Lonestar Lowdown
Jun.11.2024
Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act: When Are Insurance Code Chapter 542 Penalties Not Owed?
May.29.2024
Narcissistic Lawyers and Artificial Intelligence: A Band of Dysfunctional Brothers?
ABA Journal
May.2.2024
The Doctrine of Prevention is not an Avenue to Avoid Repairs
Apr.1.2024
The Key Bridge Tragedy: What Loss of Income Coverages will Apply?
Mar.12.2024
Fifth Circuit Holding Addresses Scope of BI Coverage Under Cyber Policy
Claims Journal
Feb.2.2024
Climate Change Litigation: What Can Liability Insurers Expect in 2024?
Jan.17.2024
Do Not Underestimate the OLLE
Nov.6.2023
Viewpoint: Non-renewal, Cancellation, Reformation and Rescission of Insurance Policies in Texas
Claims Journal
Oct.13.2023
Viewpoint: Will Amendment to Rule 702 Affect Property Insurance Coverage Litigation?
Claims Journal

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