Insurers regularly encounter claims with multiple claimants with serious injuries. Oftentimes, this results in the insurer receiving multiple policy limit demands that exceed the available policy limits. The most common example of this situation is car accidents with...
Month: March 2024
Department of Justice and 15 States Sue Apple Over iPhone Monopoly
On March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice, joined by fifteen states and the District of Columbia, filed suit against Apple Inc. in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. In their six-count Complaint, the plaintiffs allege that Apple violated antitrust laws...
Entering Executive Session and Attorney-Client Privilege During Executive Session – Two Key Things You Must Know
A recent case presented an interesting analysis of the Illinois Open Meetings Act (“OMA”) and Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). In International Ass’n of Fire Fighters Local 4646 v. Village of Oak Brook., 2024 IL App (3rd) 220466 in December 2020, the Village of...
Missouri Supreme Court finds that knowledge of a known third-party assailant’s past crimes does not in and of itself impose a duty to protect invitees
The Missouri Supreme Court has clarified the evidence necessary to establish the “known third person” exception to the general rule in Missouri that businesses have no duty to protect invitees from the criminal acts of third person because such activities are rarely...