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    March 18, 2020
    Viewpoint: In Case You Were Wondering, It's Legal to Close State Borders
    As national travel bans and local restrictions aimed at curtailing the spread of Covid-19 pile up, including an order for California residents to...
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    March 27, 2020
    Another Restaurant Files Suit to Force Coverage for Virus Shutdown
    Two California restaurants has filed a lawsuit against a unit of The Hartford, seeking a declaration that the owner’s commercial insurance...
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    March 17, 2020
    Restaurant Asks Court to Declare Coronavirus Shutdown Covered By Insurance Policy
    A restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans tourism district filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a state judge to declare that its...
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    March 23, 2020
    Locked-Down Lawyers Warned Alexa Is Hearing Confidential Calls
    Hey Alexa, stop listening to my client’s information. As law firms urge attorneys to work from home during the global pandemic, their...
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    March 24, 2020
    Viewpoint: Why Insurers Should Care About Protecting Tow Operators From COVID-19
    When an accident occurs, the first in-person contact a customer will have with an insurer is probably from a tow operator. But these days,...
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    March 25, 2020
    The Pandemic Has Started Weakening the World's Weather Forecasts
    The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on...
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    March 25, 2020
    Insurer Paid Claim to Avoid Bad Faith; Reimbursed Because of Misrepresentation
    The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals endorsed a clever way for an insurer to avoid a bad faith claim where there were potential misrepresentations in...
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    March 26, 2020
    Insurers Brace For Coronavirus Hit to 'Event Driven' D&O Line
    What may be the first U.S. securities lawsuits alleging misdeeds related to coronavirus were filed this month — one against a cruise line and...
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    March 25, 2020
    Native American Casino Owner Sues Lloyd's, AIG Over Coronavirus Losses
    A Native American tribe on Tuesday sued a group of insurance companies, asking a court to declare that losses it is incurring from shutting down...
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    March 23, 2020
    Nigeria Has Chloroquine Poisonings After Trump Praised Drug
    Nigeria reported two cases of chloroquine poisoning after U.S. President Donald Trump praised the anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the novel...