Jason P. Minkin and Jonathan A. Cipriani have published an article in The Maritime Advocate entitled Direct Actions Against Insurers and U.S. Limitation of Liability. The article examine a recent US court case addressing the interplay between the Louisiana Direct Action Statute and the U.S. Shipowner’s Limitation of Liability Act.

In this article by Adam H. Fleischer, the Chairperson of BatesCarey’s Opioid Coverage Task Force, we examine recent developments that have broadened the liabilities of pharmaceutical companies for the manufacture and distribution of prescription opioids and new questions as to whether opioid liability can be covered by insurance.

BatesCarey LLP is excited to announce that on Tuesday, October 17, Patrick Bedell and Kevin Harris, members of the country’s first-ever Opioid Coverage Task Force, will be teaming up with plaintiff’s attorney Marie Napoli and Perrin Conferences to host a webinar discussing the wave of opioid litigation pending against pharmaceutical companies nationwide and the insurance...

Nicole M. Gallagher was featured in the September 2017 issue of CLM Magazine in their Between the Lines Q&A on potential first-party property coverage issues following Hurricane Harvey.

On September 13, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated a prior 2014 ruling that Westport Insurance Corporation was required to defend a wrongful conviction claim against the City of Waukegan. In obtaining vacatur of the 2014 ruling, BatesCarey’s Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell and Justin K. Seigler defeated the insured’s claims that...

Jason P. Minkin and Jonathan A. Cipriani have published an article in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog entitled “Federal Court Enforces Foreign Arbitral Award Resolving Jones Act Seaman’s Personal Injury Claim.”  The article discusses a recent U.S. decision in which the court enforced a foreign arbitral award approving a settlement between a Jones Act seaman and his employer. ...

BatesCarey LLP is pleased to announce that Robert J. Bates, Jr., Scott L. Carey, Adam H. Fleischer and Mark G. Sheridan have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Insurance Law.  Best Lawyers engages a purely peer reviewed nomination and voting process whereby lawyers in certain practice areas are asked to...

Adam H. Fleischer, chair of BatesCarey’s Opioid Coverage Task Force, provides his insights through CLM Magazine’s August 2017 cover story addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic and its impact on the insurance industry.

Jason P. Minkin, Jonathan A. Cipriani, and Nicole M. Gallagher have published an article in The Maritime Advocate entitled “Tug’s H&M Insurer Must Reimburse P&I Club's Defense Payment in Bridge Allision.” The article examines a recent US decision where the court found the lead tug’s hull & machinery insurer was obligated to reimburse the P&I insurer’s...

Jason P. Minkin, Jonathan A. Cipriani, and Nicole M. Gallagher have published an article in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog entitled “Federal Court Upholds P&I Club’s Coverage Determination as Valid, Binding ADR Decision.”  The article discusses a recent court decision rejecting an argument by a P&I club’s member that the club’s internal claims appeal process was...