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Dear reader, You might have noticed we made some changes around here. The new TheWeek.com is faster, easier to navigate, and, dare we say, more elegant. I hope you like it.  This redesign has been a long-time coming. We last refreshed TheWeek.com in January 2015, back when Obama was president, Jeb Bush loomed large over the Republican primary, and Mad Men was releasing new episodes. And while our award-winning site matured quite well, it was starting to show its age. The new design emphasiz...

May.24.2021 Courts Dismiss COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims On May 13, 2021, the district court for the Northern District of Georgia granted American Family Insurance Company’s and Midvale Indemnity Company’s motion to dismiss a COVID-19 business interruption claim filed by the operators of two barbeque restaurants. The court concluded that the plain meaning of the phrase “direct physical loss” requires that there be “actual, physical damage to the covered premises” and the pla...

May.18.2021 Courts Dismiss COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims On May 7, 2021, the district court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Westfield National Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss a Chicago bakery and a salon’s complaint alleging coronavirus-related business interruption losses. Determining the virus exclusion unambiguously bars coverage for loss indirectly caused by the coronavirus, the court found meritless the plaintiffs’ argument that the government closure orde...

Apr.12.2021 Courts Dismiss COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims On April 9, 2021, the district court for the Central District of California granted Topa Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss a restaurant and nightclub’s COVID-19 related claim. According to the court, the policy “clearly condition[ed] recovery on physical loss or damage to the insured premises” (Order at 5), and the complaint alleged only that the coronavirus “prevented it from using its property for” its intended p...

What to Know Now that LA - and Much of California - Is In the Red Tier Los Angeles is opening back up...a little. We are officially in that less restrictive RED tier ...and so is a lot of California, for that matter. That means people can eat indoors, watch a movie in a theater and eventually go to Disneyland. But this does not mean,  we can let all our inhibitions go. We get some expert advice on how to mov forward.  Guest:  Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric I...

Mar.15.2021 Courts Dismiss COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims On March 8, 2021, the district court for the Southern District of California granted Travelers Property Casualty Company of America’s motion to dismiss a flower importer and distributor’s COVID-19 extra expense claim. The court found that the policy’s Acts or Decisions Exclusion which “bars coverage for property damage, loss, and expense that is caused by or results from any decision, act or failure to act or decide, ...

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Meghan Markle and Kate Middletons friendship never stood a chance INSIDER 3/12/2021 akonstantinides@businessinsider.com (Anneta Konstantinides) © Joe Giddens/PA Images/Getty Images Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle attend Christmas church services in 2018. Joe Giddens/PA Images/Getty Images Kate Middleton and Meghan Markles friendship has made headlines in the British tabloids since 2017. It was derailed by the media, much as Princess Diana and Sarah Fergusons friendship was...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: I had the pleasure of presenting at Bank Director Magazines Inspired By Acquire or Be Acquired: What Officers and Directors Need to Know Now virtual conference, along with Rick Levin, earlier this month. Our presentation, "Custody of Digital Assets," covered not only the custody of digital assets as a complex problem that has plagued the development of the FinTech industry, but also requirements for financial institutions providing b...