October 02, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett authored a Seventh Circuit opinion last year that threatened to hurl corporate insurance policies into chaos, later quietly withdrawing it and adopting the lower court judgment she had previously overturned in an episode that stunned attorneys and raised questions about her judgment.
September 04, 2019
An AIG unit on Wednesday asked a Seventh Circuit panel to take yet another look at its dispute with radio broadcasting company Emmis Communications Corp. over coverage for a shareholder suit after the panel last month withdrew its initial opinion in the insurer's favor and let stand a lower court's judgment that Emmis is covered.
August 22, 2019
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday withdrew a July ruling that found an AIG unit rightfully denied radio broadcasting company Emmis Communications Corp. coverage for a shareholder suit it had already reported to its previous insurer, letting stand a lower-court decision that Emmis is covered.
July 02, 2019
An AIG unit rightfully denied Emmis Communications Corp. coverage for a shareholder suit, because the radio broadcasting company had already reported the suit to its previous insurer, the Seventh Circuit held Tuesday.
May 30, 2019
An AIG unit might have relied on too broad a reading of a "specific event" exclusion when it denied coverage to Emmis Communications Corp. after shareholders sued the radio broadcasting company following a failed go-private attempt, a Seventh Circuit judge said during oral arguments on Thursday.
February 22, 2019
Emmis Communications Corp. on Thursday asked the Seventh Circuit to affirm that an AIG unit must cover its successful defense of a lawsuit alleging the company and its board tried to strip preferred shareholders of their rights, arguing that a lower court properly rejected the insurer's bid to apply a policy exclusion.
January 23, 2019
An AIG insurer urged the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday to free it from covering the successful defense of a suit accusing Emmis Communications Corp. and its board of attempting to strip preferred shareholders of their rights, saying a lower court improperly refused to apply a policy exclusion.