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MM Insurance News 05/04/18
active case links NOTEWORTHY NEW RULINGS NINTH CIRCUIT Punitive Damages (CA) The Ninth Circuit has ruled in Paul Evert’s RV Country, Inc. v. Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. No. 17-15730 (9th Cir. April 25, 2018)(unpublished) that a liability insurer has no duty under California law to indemnify its insured for [...]
Morrison Mahoney Partner Alan Brown Obtains Dismissal of Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons Complaint
Morrison Mahoney Partner Alan Brown recently obtained a dismissal of a Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons complaint. Alan’s client, a real estate broker, allegedly engaged in a conflict of interest in connection with his representation of a seller of commercial property. Following review of Alan’s comprehensive written [...]
Morrison Mahoney Associate Avana Anderson Elected to the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
Morrison Mahoney Associate Avana Anderson recently reelected as one of 9 directors to the board of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection – May 1, 2018
In the latest edition of Morrison Mahoney’s Cybersecurity Newsletter, our team covers the upcoming effective date of the GDPR, a recent Ninth Circuit decision regarding insurance coverage for payment instruction fraud, a landmark SEC settlement relating to the Yahoo data breach, two bills concerning consumer privacy that were recently introduced [...]
Morrison Mahoney Partner Daniel Marvin Published in Mondaq
Morrison Mahoney Partner Daniel Marvin was published in Mondaq. His article, “4 Ways Blockchain Will Transform The Insurance Industry,” discusses four ways how blockchain will transform the insurance industry.
Morrison Mahoney Partner Joseph Desmond Quoted in Lawyers Weekly
Joe Desmond was quoted extensively in the April 19 issue of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly “A wrongful death suit against a Chestnut Hill nursing home fell within the scope of an arbitration agreement signed by a family member under a power of attorney shortly after the decedent’s admission to the facility, a U.S. District Court judge has determined… Desmond successfully argued in favor of the general validity of arbitration agreements executed in the context of nursing home admissions in the 2007 SJC case Miller v. Cotter.”
