On September 17, 2014, Michael H. Passman presented on "Reservation of Rights and Estoppel" at "Handling Insurance Coverage Disputes," an Illinois insurance law conference in Bloomington, Illinois organized by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Michael's presentation included a discussion of (1) the options available to an insurer upon receiving a potentially covered claim, (2) reservation of rights letters, (3) how a reservation of rights letter effects the relationship between the insurer and the insured (including a discussion of the independent counsel rule), and (4) the Illinois estoppel rule.

The conference was moderated by Patrick Cloud (Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, PC). Other speakers were Robert Varney (Robert T. Varney & Associates), Karen Dixon (Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson, LLP), Isaac Melton (Johnson & Bell, Ltd.), John Watson (Craig & Craig, LLC), and Paula Litt (Schopf & Weiss, LLP).