Adam Fleischer and Kevin Harris of BatesCarey’s Opioid Coverage Task Force published an article on Law360.com discussing the significance of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s possible consolidation of opioid litigation pending nationally into a single multidistrict litigation or “MDL”. This byline was the 8th most-read article across all of Law360’s coverage in 2017.

National insurance coverage law firm BatesCarey announced today Agelo L. Reppas has joined as a partner to bolster the firm’s trial monitoring and complex appellate practices.

Jason P. Minkin and Amanda E. Bushemi published an article in DRI’s The Critical Path Construction Law Newsletter entitled Recent Developments in Architects and Engineers Claims.  This article discusses several recent noteworthy decisions from courts across the U.S. examining liability and insurance coverage issues that impact architects and engineers.

R.Patrick Bedell and Kevin F. Harris of BatesCarey’s Opioid Coverage Task Force published an article on Law360.com discussing the significance of the California Court of Appeals’ ruling that insurers of Actavis, Inc., a manufacturer of prescription opioids, had no duty to defend lawsuits alleging that Actavis fraudulently misrepresented the dangers of prescription opioids and...

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...

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...