December 21, 2021
Case law about cyberinsurance coverage continued to rapidly evolve in 2021, with courts finding coverage for cyber incidents available under policies ranging from property to commercial crime to general liability. Here, Law360 breaks down the year's biggest decisions on cyberinsurance coverage.
August 17, 2021
The Fifth Circuit made a "radical" mistake when it interpreted a credit card data breach as an "oral or written publication" falling under a restaurant chain's general liability policy, according to an insurer on the hook for defending a $20 million lawsuit.
July 21, 2021
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a ruling that Landry's Inc.'s insurer could escape its duty to defend the Houston-based hospitality chain in a $20 million data hack dispute with JPMorgan Chase Bank, finding the policy's definition of publication can include making credit card information generally available.
June 10, 2021
A Fifth Circuit panel grappled Thursday with whether a credit card data breach involving Houston-based hospitality chain Landry's Inc. constituted a "publication" that would trigger its insurer's obligation to defend it in a $20 million lawsuit brought by JPMorgan Chase.
November 26, 2019
An insurer told the Fifth Circuit that a trial court properly ruled that it doesn't have to fund restaurant operator Landry's Inc.'s defense of JPMorgan Chase's $20 million lawsuit related to a data breach at Landry's properties.
October 02, 2019
Restaurant operator Landry's Inc. urged the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday to reverse a lower court's decision by ruling that its liability insurer must fund its defense of JPMorgan Chase's $20 million lawsuit claiming the Houston-based hospitality company refused to compensate the bank for costs related to a data breach at Landry's properties.