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Courthouses and Statehouses Consider Pandemic Coverage Claims
In early 2020, even as the COVID-19 virus spread beyond China and took root on the North American continent, industry analysts confidently predicted that U.S. property insurers would largely escape the pernicious effects of this pandemic in light of their policies’ "direct physical loss" requirements as well as virus exclusions [...]
Courtney M.M. Person Named Secretary of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
Morrison Mahoney Associate Courtney M.M. Person has been elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA) for 2020-2021. This is her first time holding a leadership position in the organization.
An Interesting Case to Watch: Remote Work, A Doctor’s Note, and Purported Layoff (or Unlawful Termination?)
A Maine radio personality was recently the subject of a claimed layoff according to her employer, but according to the employee, she was terminated because she did not return to work due to concerns about COVID-19. This story is likely just one of many that will be the subject of [...]
COVID-19 Probably Broke Your Organization’s Telework Cyber Policy. Here’s How to Fix it
If you are like many Americans, you are probably reading this as you telework from home while weathering the COVID-19 storm. It is also probable that your organization has some sort of a telework cybersecurity policy, either as a limited part of its greater information security program, or one that [...]
COVID-19: Anticipated Spike in Low-Tiered Insurance Fraud Scams
While it is perhaps too early to determine the amount of insurance fraud that may be initiated by the current economic crisis, with unemployment skyrocketing and businesses shuttering, we will certainly see a spike in low-tiered insurance fraud scams that in the aggregate will be very substantial. It is estimated [...]
Doug McInnis Obtains Summary Judgment in Middlesex Superior Court
Morrison Mahoney Of Counsel Doug McInnis recently won a summary judgment motion in a liability case where the plaintiff sustained catastrophic injuries after he fell approximately 18 feet off of a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) while he was accepting a freight delivery for his employer.
