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Mexico recently issued a new set of minimum insurance requirements for companies engaging in certain oil and natural gas activities including exploration, production, processing, and refining.

Over the past decade, a barrage of severe storms in Texas resulted in significant property damage, giving rise to thousands of lawsuits by policyholders for breach of contract and bad faith claims against their insurers. Now, the Texas Supreme Court is poised to determine the scope of the state's bad faith statute.

Good news for policyholders in New Jersey. A New Jersey Superior Court judge has joined the majority of states in finding that Environmental Protection Agency "potentially responsible party" letters constitute a suit under a commercial general liability policy.

Following up last week's blog post: on Monday, August 29th the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order affirming the decision in First Mercury Ins. Co. v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., No. 3:12-cv-01096 (D. Conn. Sept. 23, 2014)

There is a split among states as to how to interpret the "contractual privity" language in endorsements. Connecticut has not yet addressed the issue.

SDV's Gregory Podolak and Brian Rice of RailWorks co-authored a new article for Under Construction: The Newsletter of the ABA Forum on Construction Law...

As noted in our previous blog post, the NJ Supreme Court issued a pivotal ruling in the case of Cypress v. Adria.

The rise of autonomous vehicles are creating quite a stir in today's insurance environment. Law360.com interviewed SDV's Brendan Holt, who regularly advises clients on risk transfer involving emerging technologies, including autonomous and unmanned vehicles, to get his take on the subject...

As we announced in our previous blog post, yesterday's decision by the NJ Supreme Court was a significant win for policyholders.

A recent Supreme Court of Texas case highlights the need for contractors to require contractual indemnity when engaging suppliers.