In a remarkable 91-page opinion, Lake County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Mullen found that the Illinois Supreme Court and Seventh Circuit have gotten the trigger date for malicious prosecution cases wrong.  She ruled that the filing of the allegedly malicious action is the correct trigger of coverage, rejecting the previously cited Illinois rule holding that the policy in existence when the favorable termination of the action occurs is triggered.

Insurance policyholder partner Seth D. Lamden authored "Determining the Number of Occurrences in Illinois: Ware Do We Go From Here?,"

Neal Gerber Eisenberg insurance policyholder partner Seth D. Lamden will co-present at the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel's 2013 Risk Transfer Workshop on May 16, 2013 from 11:00 to 1:30.

In Union Electric Co. v. AEGIS Energy Syndicate 1225, No. 12-3546 (8th Cir. April 19, 2013), the court held that a UK insurer was precluded from enforcing a mandatory arbitration provision due to a policy endorsement stating that “any dispute relating to this Insurance or to a CLAIM . . .