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Launch of new BCIT-KIIT JV (via KIIT announcement)
Indian Institute of Law (IIL) in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, under an MOU with with the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT).
KIIT, which also operates a private law school, would supply the land in Bhubaneswar and pay for 40% of the costs of infrastructure development of the new campus.
The IIL was launched by BCI functionaries on 29 January and promises to be a “model institute of law teachers’ academy, continues legal education and research”.
Further details about its exact purpose, ambit and the financials are a bit sparse on the ground at the moment.
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Almost 1,500 lawsuits have been filed by policyholders against insurers, seeking to resolve disputes around insurance coverage for COVID-19-related business losses.
For those unfamiliar with insurance litigation trends, it’s important to put the scale of this into perspective. The average hurricane will result in about 50 to 100 cases being filed in the first year; from April till August 2020 we saw the same quantity of cases being filed
each week for COVID-19-related losses.
So far, rulings have been made overwhelming in the favor of insurers, at a rate of approximately 75%. However, there have been some significant rulings in favor of policyholders over the last few months which should cause insurers pause for thought.
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Polsinelli PC issued the following announcement on Jan. 22.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli shareholder Richard Murray was honored with the 2020 Richard Marden Davis Award at a virtual ceremony in his honor. The award recognizes Murray’s exceptional service to the legal community, as well as his civic and charitable leadership.
Presented annually, The Davis Award is given to a Denver lawyer who is 40 years old or younger and combines excellence as a lawyer with civic, cultural, educational and charitable leadership. David Graham & Stubbs LLP (DGS) and the Denver Bar Association created this award in memory of Richard Marden Davis, one of the firm’s founders who was tirelessly devoted to the profession and his community. The award is presented by DGS, the Denver Bar Association and the Davis Family to the honoree who best exemplifies the character and promise of Richard Davis at that stage in his career. Murray follows a long line of winners who continue to serve the Denve