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August 14

JPML Won't Centralize All COVID-19 Insurance Cases

Law360 (August 12, 2020, 4:46 PM EDT) -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation rejected Wednesday two petitions to centralize hundreds of cases filed by businesses seeking insurance coverage for losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, but indicated that centralization could still be appropriate for cases against four insurers. In the much-anticipated ruling, the seven-member JPML denied...

August 4

MDL Panel Considers Consolidation of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

On July 30, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation held a Zoom hearing on a motion filed by plaintiffs’ lawyers to consolidate hundreds of business interruption claims filed across the country. The Panel permitted a number of plaintiffs’ counsel and two insurers’ counsel to each argue for 3 uninterrupted minutes and then respond to questions. Proponents of consolidation argued primarily...

August 3

JPML Questions If One Size Fits All For Virus Cases

Law360 (July 30, 2020, 4:43 PM EDT) -- A member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation questioned Thursday whether key business interruption policy language could be construed the same way under the laws of all 50 states as the panel mulled requests to centralize hundreds of federal cases over coverage for businesses' COVID-19 losses. During a 90-minute hearing held via Zoom, the JPML...

July 29

Dozens of attorneys primed to make or break the case for novel COVID-19 business interruption MDL

(Reuters) - At least 40 attorneys have signed up to argue Thursday as the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation weighs petitions to create an MDL for nearly 270 lawsuits seeking Business Interruption (BI) insurance coverage for losses from coronavirus contamination or government orders restricting their operations. If the petitioners succeed, it will be "the first-ever nationwide insurance...