Advanced Insurance Practice 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

- Location -
Melville Marriott Long Island
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 423-1600

MCLE Credits: 6.5 hours (5.5 in Areas of Professional Practice; 1.0 in Ethics)

Description

Recent natural disasters have raised awareness of intricate insurance coverage issues. This full-day program, presented by seasoned insurance law practitioners, will explore a number of complex substantive and procedural issues in the insurance coverage area. Topics to be discussed include:

Lessons from Super Storm Sandy
Declaratory Judgment Actions and Discovery
Employment Practices and Social Media
Allocation Issues
Bad Faith Update
A Look at the Future

Who Should Attend:

Insurance company attorneys
Civil Litigators: Plaintiff and Defense
Attorneys representing clients whose homes or businesses have been or may someday be impacted by floods or other natural disasters

This opportunity to gain insights on hot button insurance coverage issues from highly respected insurance law practitioners is not to be missed! Register online today!

Agenda

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

9:10 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Water, Water Everywhere: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Super Storm Sandy
and Other Natural Disasters

                                                             - Overview of first party coverage
                                                             - Groundwater, Floods, Surge and Coverage
                                                             - Business Interruption Insurance
                                                             - Policyholder and carrier counsel perspectives
                                                             Speaker: Dennis M. Wade, Esq., Wade Clark Mulcahy, NYC

10:25 a.m.- 10:35 a.m. Coffee Break

10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Declaratory Judgment Actions and Discovery

                                                            - What is relevant and discoverable in coverage litigation;
                                                            - Understanding the nature and content of claims files and underwriting files
                                                            - How to properly raise privileges and secure or oppose applications for protective orders;
                                                            - Ethical considerations with regard to privilege claims
                                                            - Discovery and protection of Electronically Stored Data
                                                            Speaker: Michael A. Miranda, Esq., Callan Koster Brady Brennan, NYC

11:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Coffee Break

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Who Goes First? Allocation Issues for Defense and Indemnity:

                                                           - “Other insurance” issues
                                                           - Primacy, proration and sharing
                                                           - Obligations to defend, choosing defense counsel, dividing defense costs
                                                           - Indemnity obligations between and among primary, excess and umbrella carriers
                                                           - Long tail claims – lead, asbestos and other challenging claims
                                                           Speaker: Patti Fern Potash, Esq., White Fleischner & Fino, LLP, White Plains

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:45 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Bad Faith Update

                                                          - First Party Bad Faith Claims
                                                          - GBL 349
                                                          - Unfair Claims Settlement Practices and Available Damages
                                                          - Bad Faith in the Third Party Context-An Update
                                                          Speaker: Monte E. Sokol, Esq., L'Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini, LLP, Garden City

2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Employment Practices and Social Media:

                                                          - Ethical rules relating to social media investigation and discovery
                                                          - Employer’s rights to demand passwords
                                                          - Constructing appropriate discovery demands and securing records from social media sites
                                                          Speaker: Elizabeth A. Fitzpatrick, Esq., Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Melville (Overall Planning Co-Chair and L.I. Local Chair)

3:25 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:35 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Look Back – Top Ten Insurance Coverage Decision in the Past Year and a Peek Through
the Looking Glass

                                                         - What decisions have changed the paradigm?
                                                         - What’s on the horizon?
                                                         Speaker: Dan D. Kohane, Esq., Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo

4:25 p.m. Adjournment

6.5 MCLE credits (5.5 Areas of Professional Practice; 1.0 Ethics)

COURSE MATERIALS FOR NYSBA CLE PROGRAMS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICALLY!

All program materials are distributed exclusively online in searchable PDF format, allowing attendees more flexibility in storing this information and allowing you to copy and paste relevant portions of the materials for specific use in your practice. A CLE NotePad © (paper) will be provided to all attendees at the live program site. The CLE NotePad © includes lined pages for taking notes on each topic, as well as any PowerPoint presentations submitted prior to printing.

Prior to a scheduled program date, all registrants will receive an email message containing a hyperlink that when clicked will provide you with access to the complete course materials in a searchable PDF format which can be downloaded to your computer using the “Save As” option under your “File” tab. Printing the complete materials is not required for attending the program. Online materials are updated periodically to reflect last minute submissions from program faculty, guaranteeing that you will always have the latest version of the materials.

Traditional printed course books may be ordered at the program site for a discounted price and will be shipped subsequent to the program date.

Directions

From Eastern Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington). Stay on the Service Road and after the second light, the hotel is on the right hand side. From Western Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light into Old Walt Whitman Road. Stay on Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right side. From the Northern State Parkway: Take the Northern State Parkway to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South). Continue to the westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Southern State Parkway: Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington) to the Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From MacArthur (Islip) Airport: Take Veterans Memorial Highway (Junction 454) Northbound to the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington) Continue on the Service Road and the hotel is just past the second light on the right hand side. From LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway Eastbound to the Northern State Parkway East to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South) Continue to the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495). Make a right at the light onto the Service Road and the hotel is on the right hand side. From JFK Airport: Take the JFK Expressway East to the Belt Parkway East and follow the signs to the Southern State Parkway East. Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left onto the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey Turnpike North (Route 95) to Exit 13. To the Verrazanno Bridge. From the bridge take the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light, onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Verrazanno Bridge, Staten Island, New Jersey and Brooklyn: Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Upstate NY and New England: Cross Island Parkway South to the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right hand side.

The last day to pre-register online was May 16, 2013.

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