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• Motor Carrier Public Liability Endorsements and Financial Responsibility Laws ( February 2005 )
  Richard M. Mosher of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  The trend of trucking deregulation that started over 20 years ago has not materially changed original regulatory schemes governing required insurance and financial responsibility. Motor carriers operating under federal permits and intrastate carriers operating under state authority must still secure liability coverage in order to maintain an operating permit or otherwise provide proof of ability to self insure. Typically statutory coverage of this nature is implemented through a two-part process which involves a public filing and an endorsement.

• Litigation Update ( February 2003 )
  Margolis Edelstein

  Features case summaries of uninsured motorist, coverage, liability, Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, and bad faith decisions.

• Significant Issues with Respect to Directors' and Officers' Insurance Policies in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley Era ( February 2000 )
  Joseph L. Johnson of Goodwin Procter LLP

  The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the adoption of related SEC rules have reinforced the fact that fully-engaged, independent directors, in addition to a well-informed management team, are essential for ensuring a company's financial and ethical well-being. At the same time, the Act and related regulatory mandates may increase actual and threatened litigation, administrative proceedings and investigations for directors and officers.

• Decision on Scope of Covered Loss to Computer Operations from Power Outage Sparks Policyholder Interest ( September 2000 )
  Walter J. Andrews, Frank  Winston and Lon A. Berk of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  This alert reviews the American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company v. Ingram Micro Inc, decision whereby the Ninth Circuit left standing the lower court's opinion that a power outage that temporarily erased the contents of a computer memory chip triggered a first party property claim under an insurance contract.

• Tractor Trailer and Commercial Vehicle Liability Cases ( October 2000 )
  C. Frederick Overby of Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP

  Because of their huge size, improperly maintained equipment and frequently impaired or road-weary drivers.

• Massachusetts Automobile Accidents ( August 2000 )
  Robert T. Karns Law Offices

  Automobile accidents are crashes or wrecks caused by the negligence of one or more of the operators that can resu.

• Why You Want Full Tort Coverage ( August 2000 )
  Marc Robert Steinberg of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg and Gifford

  When your insurance agent asks if you want the Limited Tort Option on your vehicle insurance, respond with a firm ".

• Employment Practices Liability Insurance Offers Expanded Coverage In Employment Litigation ( January 2000 )
  Bodman LLP

  Employment practices liability insurance ("EPLI") policies are designed to provide insurance coverage for typical e.

• Personal Injury/Motor Vehicle Accidents ( October 1999 )
  Hensley, Walker, P.A.

  We all know that in our everyday lives accidents occur and when an automobile accident occurs, one may be confused.

• Should I Hire An Attorney? ( October 1999 )
  Alan R. Goodman

  After an automobile accident, many ask, "Should I hire an attorney?" Some answer, "No, I can work a good deal with.