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Gregory Podolak and Michael Barrese recently wrote an article for IRMI.com's Expert Commentary site - Contractual Insurance Requirements and Anti-Indemnity Statutes...

There may be a very good chance your cyber insurance policy doesn't cover what you think it covers.

Qualified local environmental defense lawyers can be hard to find when the EPA cracks down on a Superfund site. These disputes can involve a huge number of parties, leaving implicated companies with few or no viable legal options in their area.

On June 23, 2016, the UK will vote on whether to leave the EU. With the highly anticipated EU Referendum only one month away, there's been a lot of buzz about the effect that a "Brexit" will have on Europe's insurance industry - the world's largest insurance market.

Greg Podolak was quoted once again in the latest issue of Law360. This recent posting discussed last week's decision by the 8th Circuit Court that coverage must be provided for a bank that was hit by a hacker, even if the negligence of one of the bank employee's was partially to blame.

Today's edition of Insurance Law360.com discusses a number of the cases we have been covering in the SDV blog. Partner Gregory D. Podolak was quoted on the following cases:

Policyholders may remember when it was groundbreaking for courts to characterize the EPA's Potentially Responsible Party letters as a "suit," triggering the duty to defend under a Commercial General Liability policy.

What happens when an insurance company refuses to listen to its own experts and counsel? An aggressive lawsuit and an expensive bad faith award.

SDV’s own Gregory Podolak is well known in the cyber risk world. He’s been quoted recently in two art ...

The "pollution exclusion" contained in an insured's policy was at issue in a recent case in Georgia (Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Smith et al., 2016 Ga. LEXIS 245).