Viewpoint: How Insurers Can Better Manage Litigation Caseloads During a Crisis By Gary Markham | December 14, 2020
We’re now nine months since lockdowns were first introduced across most of the world and while many countries are flattening the curve of the virus, the same cannot be said of the COVID-19 litigation caseloads hitting insurers.
In the US alone, 1,438 COVID-19 related cases have been filed by policyholders. Most of these disputes revolve around Business interruption (BI) claim declinatures. It’s still too early to say whether policyholders or insurers will prevail in the end. Take the United Kingdom, for example. A significant ruling was made in favor of policyholders in a test case in September, but insurers are now appealing the judgment before the UK Supreme Court.
A difficult task ahead - the UK Supreme Court revives Mastercard class action
14 December 2020 A difficult task ahead - the UK Supreme Court revives Mastercard class action
While a historic claim on behalf of 46 million citizens can now proceed the final outcome is by no means certain
Shutterstock Claimant lawyers have hailed the UK Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to certify a ‘gargantuan’ class action against Mastercard as a victory for consumers . A clear-cut victory for the 46 million British citizens in the class remains some way off, however, given the complexities of the case. ‘This is a momentous decision for enforcing consumer antitrust rights,’ Tweeted Law Society of England & Wales president David Greene, a class action litigator himself, despite commentary from Mastercard’s lawyers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, pointing to the Supreme Court’s split decision.
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The last 12 months have been good for patent owners, say global IP leaders
The first IAM Panel Survey of global IP leaders finds increased confidence in the patent environment, but concerns about rising litigation and growing budgetary pressures
Almost 60% of global IP leaders taking part in a recent survey conducted by
IAM report that they are more optimistic about the global environment for patent owners than they were 12 months ago.
The findings come after a year which has seen a series of important court wins for rights owners. These include the the
Unwired Planet/Conversant decision by the UK Supreme Court and Sisvel’s victory over Haier in the German Federal Court of Justice. In the US, meanwhile, the Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court’s ruling in favour of the FTC at the expense of Qualcomm that had raised serious questions about the viability of the chipmaker’s licensing model.