June 18, 2020
The Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court's ruling that U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. does not have to defend U.S. Telepacific Corp. in a proposed class action alleging the telecom company failed to pay account managers overtime, agreeing the suit is barred from coverage by policy exclusions.
October 18, 2019
Telecommunications provider U.S. Telepacific Corp. has urged the Ninth Circuit to rule that U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. must help cover its costs to defend a proposed class action alleging it failed to pay account managers overtime, saying a federal judge used an overly strict legal standard and misapplied a pair of policy exclusions.