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General

Insurance Coverage Considerations Stemming from the New California Child Victims Act

On October 13, 2019, when California’s governor signed AB 218—the California Child Victims Act (CCVA)—California became one of at least nine other states to enact some form of window legislation for childhood victims of sexual assault. The CCVA became effective on Jan. 1, 2020. This article explores the CCVA’s pertinent changes to existing law for pursuing childhood sexual assault claims, as well as some of the key insurance coverage issues arising from this new law.

The text of the CCVA is substantively similar to other …

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Emerging Issues

Mo’ Conflict, More Problems: Illinois Choice-of-Law Analysis Now Less Favorable for Insurers

Choice-of-law analyses are extremely significant when it comes to coverage disputes, especially those involving underlying blast fax suits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. §227, et. seq.), as the question of which state’s law applies will often be determinative of whether there is insurance coverage for the TCPA claim.  The classic example involves a class representative strategically filing suit in Illinois, an historically coverage-friendly jurisdiction for TCPA lawsuits, with an eye on obtaining insurance coverage.  This strategy just got easier for …

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