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Brian Slome Named to the Daily Journal’s List of Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers for 2025

March 18, 2025 — Brian Slome - Lewis Brisbois

San Diego/San Francisco, Calif. (March 5, 2025) - San Diego and San Francisco Partner Brian Slome has been named one of the Daily Journal’s Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers for 2025.

The publication’s annual Top Professional...

Reprinted courtesy of Brian Slome, Lewis Brisbois

Mr. Slome may be contacted at Brian.Slome@lewisbrisbois.com

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Court Denies Insurer's Motion for Summary Judgment on Breach of Contract Claim and Further Denies Motion to Exclude Insured's Expert

March 18, 2025 — Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii

The court denied the insurer's Motion for Summary Judgment seeking to dismiss the insured's breach of contract claim. The court also denied the insurer's Daubert motion to exclude the insured's expert witness. Ram Krishana Inc. v. Mt. Hawley Ins...

Reprinted courtesy of Tred R. Eyerly, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert

Mr. Eyerly may be contacted at te@hawaiilawyer.com

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Understanding Liability Insurer’s Two Duties: To Defend and to Indemnify

December 26, 2022 — David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates

A liability insurer has two duties that are the crux of a liability policy: the duty to defend the insured in legal actions and the duty to indemnify the insured from losses covered under the policy. Many times, policyholders (insureds) do not...

Reprinted courtesy of David Adelstein, Kirwin Norris, P.A.

Mr. Adelstein may be contacted at dma@kirwinnorris.com

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Contractor Haunted by “Demonized” Flooring

December 14, 2020 — Garret Murai - California Construction Law Blog

The most un-Halloween of Halloweens has come and gone. If you ask me though, between COVID, protests, fires, hurricanes, the passing of a Supreme Court Justice, and one of the most hotly contested elections in U.S. history, we’ve had enough...

Reprinted courtesy of Garret Murai, Nomos LLP

Mr. Murai may be contacted at gmurai@nomosllp.com

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TOP TAKE-AWAY SERIES: The 2023 Annual Meeting in Vancouver

May 22, 2023 — Marissa L. Downs - The Dispute Resolver

Program coordinators Katie Kohm and Peter Marino put together an amazing annual meeting last week in Vancouver. While its impossible to retread all of the ground we covered in discussing the "future of construction law," here are my...

Reprinted courtesy of Marissa L. Downs, Laurie & Brennan, LLP

Ms. Downs may be contacted at mdowns@lauriebrennan.com

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Fifth Circuit Finds Duty to Defend Construction Defect Case

March 14, 2022 — Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii

Reversing the judgment of the district court, the Fifth Circuit found the insurer owed a defense in a construction defect case. Siplast, Inc. v. Emplrs Mut. Cas. Co., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 795 (5th Cir. Jan. 11, 2022).

The Archdiocese of...

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Mr. Eyerly may be contacted at te@hawaiilawyer.com

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