The attorneys at Bates & Carey LLP are experts in their fields and frequently contribute items to publications, such as articles detailing the complex issues facing the insurance industry today.

View recently published and archived articles below, as well as news updates about the firm.

Articles by Bates & Carey Attorneys:
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September 2007- B&C Updated 50 State Coverage Surveys!
   
September 2007- Reinsurer Can Challenge Cedent’s Post-Settlement Reinsurance Aggregation
   
September 2007- Follow Form Excess Insurer Need Not Follow Underlying Analysis
   
July 2007- Pollution Exclusion Decisions: Second Quarter 2007 (PDF)
   
July 2007- A Bad Faith Claim Need Not Pry Open the Door to An Insurer’s Files
   
July 2007- B&C: Underlying Settlement Not Binding If Insurer Did Not Approve
   
July 2007- B&C Featured Presentations at Annual Railroad Liability Seminar
   
May 2007- Cedent Cannot Rely on “Advice of Counsel” If Cedent Withholds Attorney-Client Communications From Reinsurer
   
May 2007- Retrocessionaire Need Not “Follow the Settlements” of Reinsurer
   
May 2007- B&C Argues Pro Rata Allocation to N.H. Supreme Court
   
May 2007- Coverage for Repairing and Replacing an Insured’s Defective Work Under a Commercial General Liability Policy – 50 State Survey (PDF)
  by Robert S. Marshall
   
March 2007- Late Notice: 50 State Survey Under Occurrence and Claims Made Policies (PDF)
  by Ommid C. Farashahi
   
March 2007- An Excess Insurer’s Right, But Not Duty, to Participate in Settlement of a Claim (PDF)
  by Maria G. Enriquez and Krista C. Sorvino
   
March 2007- Florida Court Holds Securities Damages Are Uninsurable “Ill Gotten Gains”
   
March 2007- Pollution Exclusion Decisions: First Quarter 2007 (PDF)
  by Adam H. Fleischer
   
October 2006-

Discovery Issues in Reinsurance Disputes (PDF)

  by Robert J. Bates, Jr. and James L. Wideikis
   
October 2006- B&C: Michigan appellate court finds no advertising injury coverage for copyright claims
   
September 2006- 2006 D&O Decisions of Interest (PDF)
   

B&C Archived Articles
View our list of articles including a 50 State Survey on Reimbursement of Defense Costs, The Duty of Utmost Good Faith, Settlement Credits in "All Sums" Jurisdictions, Trends in Class Action Settlements, The Pollution Exclusion, Fidelity Coverage Cases, and much more!

News about the Firm:

Illinois Bar Honors to B&C
Congratulations to Bates & Carey LLP attorney, Ellen Zabinski, who recently received a Service Award from the Illinois State Bar Association for her role as an editor of “The Policy” (Insurance section quarterly newsletter) for the past 5 years! To see a recent edition of The Policy addressing blast fax issues and questions of targeted tender of an insurer by an insured, click here!

Bates & Carey Named A Top Coverage Firm In Industry Survey!
For the third year in a row, Chambers USA has named Bates & Carey LLP as one of the top U.S. insurance coverage firms based upon its industry survey of clients across the world. Congratulations to Robert J. Bates, Jr., who has been named as one of the top individual counsel in insurance and reinsurance coverage! Click Here to see the survey results!

B&C Attorneys Recognized as 2007 Illinois Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers recently published the results of its research to find the top 5% of attorneys in Illinois and once again, B&C was acknowledged by their peers in the insurance coverage category.

Bates Named To "The Best Lawyers in America"
Congratulations to Robert J. Bates, Jr. who was recently named to  The Best Lawyers in America 2006 in the category for insurance counsel. Best Lawyers in America has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Forbes. Corporate Counsel calls it “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Bob Bates named to The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers!
Congratulations to Bob Bates who was recently named as one of leading insurance and reinsurance lawyers from 23 countries around the world.

 
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