Topic: California Developments

California Court of Appeal, Third District Holds In-House Attorney May Be Liable for Malpractice for Failing to Warn Employee About Conflict

Dec 4, 2013 | , |

The California Court of Appeal, Third District, in Yanez v. Plummer, 2013 WL 5915639, Cal. Ct. App. 3d Dist., No. C070726 (Nov. 5, 2013) recently held that a former employee deposed in connection with a co-worker’s personal injury suit may pursue malpractice claims against in-house counsel who failed to disclose the conflict of interest created by counsel’s dual representation of the employer-railroad and the employee. 

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California Appellate Court Issues Bad Faith Duty to Settle Opinion

Oct 25, 2013 | , , |

On October 7, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, held that a liability insurer, in the absence of any demand or settlement offer from a third party claimant, need not initiate settlement negotiations or offer its policy limits, even where liability is clear and there is a substantial likelihood that the third party claimant’s recovery will exceed policy limits. 

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CA Residents to Decide on Constitutional Privacy Rights

by Theodore Augustinos | Oct 11, 2013 | , |

More major privacy and data protection developments are in the works in California, following three significant new laws reported here. On September 25, 2013, the California Secretary of State approved steps required to bring before state residents a ballot initiative entitled the Personal Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”). 

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New York Initiates Investigations into Possible Violations of the Latest U.S. Sanctions against Iran

Jul 12, 2013 | , , |

The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has recently begun a string of new investigations into possible violations by non-U.S. reinsurers of U.S. sanctions against Iran, specifically those set forth in the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (the “IFCPA”) that became effective on July 1, 2013. 

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NAIC Defers Action on Stop Loss Insurance Attachment Points; Some States Begin Increases

by Geoffrey Etherington and Zachary Lerner | Feb 27, 2013 | , , |

During the NAIC 2012 Fall National Meeting, a proposal to amend the NAIC’s Stop Loss Insurance Model Act to increase the minimum individual attachment point – the equivalent of a “deductible” – for stop loss insurance from $20,000 to $60,000, as well as changes to aggregate attachment points, was defeated by a 10-8 vote. 

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