Bullivant Houser is delighted to announce that Lisa Cronin has joined the firm as Of Counsel Attorney in the Insurance Coverage Group, bringing with her over two decades of distinguished experience in the insurance industry. Lisa is a pillar of…
As Paul McCartney and Jon Lennon wrote and the Beatles sang, “The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear…” It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since I was bestowed the honor of…
Happy New Year Employers! This new year brings a few changes to Oregon’s employment laws that affect eligibility for employee and prospective employee protections under Oregon law. The following provides a summary of each change and a link to each…
Joining other court rulings around the country, the Federal District Court of Oregon ruled that a plaintiff failed to make a financial beneficiary claim against a hotel owner and operator under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”), a federal…
Most new California statutes take effect on January 1. Unlike some states, California’s legislature meets for about 10 months every year, so normally there is lots of legislative activity. 2023 was, by California standards, relatively quiet for new or amended…
Bryce Adams was elected as a firm shareholder, effective January 1, 2024. Bryce has been a member of the firm’s Portland office since July, 2019. He represents multinational insurer clients primarily in a first party setting, with an emphasis on…
In the long-awaited opinion of Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union, issued December 29, 2023, the Oregon Supreme Court, split 4-3, announced that the plaintiff pleaded facts sufficient to give rise to a legally cognizable common-law negligence claim for emotional…
A panel of California’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled this week that pollution exclusions in a shared-and-layered property insurance program did not apply to alleged losses arising out of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the insured’s portfolio…
Last week policyholders discovered there is no silver lining in the Silver State when it comes to Business Income for COVID-19 related losses. The Nevada Supreme Court in Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. Eighth Judicial District Court, 139 Nev.…
In early July we reported regarding Nevada Assembly Bill 398, which operated to prohibit the issuance of liability insurance policies containing defense within limits or “self-eroding” provisions. The legislation was hardly a masterpiece of clarity and passed the Nevada legislature…