Stephen Thomas: A Duty to Defend Join us for this month's MCLE First Friday educational event at Inotheke, Santa Monica. Receive one hour of continuing legal education credit while enjoying a delicious Mediterranean lunch at one of the best Greek restaurants in the country. Networking begins at noon followed by lunch. Presentation begins about 12:30 pm. Stephen Thomas, Esq. A decades long practitioner presents an educational lunch, discussing the nuanced issues related to the duty to defend. When a liability insurer agrees to pay for the defense of its policyholder in a liability dispute but denies coverage to pay for an adverse judgment, some conflicts of interest always divide the policyholder from the insurer, each of whom wants the other pay. These conflicts of interest produce a second tussle – a coverage contest. Since the insurer is not licensed to practice law, it may only discharge its promise to defend its policyholder by hiring a lawyer who is not ethically compromised by this conflict of interest. If the insurer hires dependent counsel to defend the policyholder and to also represent its interests, a third tussle often develops – an ethical imbroglio. The lawyer cannot represent the interests of two clients whose interests conflict without analyzing potential conflicts, making written disclosure to both clients, and... Read more... CLICK HERE FOR SPONSORSHIP INFO
Stephen Thomas: A Duty to Defend
Join us for this month's MCLE First Friday educational event at Inotheke, Santa Monica. Receive one hour of continuing legal education credit while enjoying a delicious Mediterranean lunch at one of the best Greek restaurants in the country. Networking begins at noon followed by lunch. Presentation begins about 12:30 pm.
Stephen Thomas, Esq. A decades long practitioner presents an educational lunch, discussing the nuanced issues related to the duty to defend.
When a liability insurer agrees to pay for the defense of its policyholder in a liability dispute but denies coverage to pay for an adverse judgment, some conflicts of interest always divide the policyholder from the insurer, each of whom wants the other pay. These conflicts of interest produce a second tussle – a coverage contest. Since the insurer is not licensed to practice law, it may only discharge its promise to defend its policyholder by hiring a lawyer who is not ethically compromised by this conflict of interest. If the insurer hires dependent counsel to defend the policyholder and to also represent its interests, a third tussle often develops – an ethical imbroglio. The lawyer cannot represent the interests of two clients whose interests conflict without analyzing potential conflicts, making written disclosure to both clients, and... Read more...
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