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CGL Policy Does Not Cover “Fax Blasts” in California

February 18, 2010

Coverage did not apply to injury caused by receipt of an unauthorized advertising fax, because no disclosure of private facts to a third party had occurred.

California Court of Appeals Finds Statutory Notification Duty Under Void Commercial Insurance Policy

January 25, 2010

An interesting legal question arises: if the policy was invalid, ab initio, how could the Court of Appeals discern a binding statutory duty under an invalid and void policy?

No Duty to Defend False Advertising Claim

January 22, 2010

An insurance company did NOT have a duty to defend under a CGL insurance policy where the underlying claim was that the insured had falsely advertised the quality of its own phone cards, not the quality of the phone cards of another company.