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The prestigious Legal 500 has ranked Rivkin Radler partner Benjamin Malerba in its inaugural Elite City Focus: New York: Cybersecurity & Data Protection series—spotlighting standout practitioners outside of the global elite firms in Boston, Connecticut, New England, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC.

Attorneys are selected through extensive research, including interviews with top practitioners, referee

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that the following attorneys were named top authors for their respective topics:

• Greg Mann: Insurance
• Patricia Marcin: Wealth Management
• Robert Tugander: Insurance
• Louis Vlahos: Tax

The Readers’ Choice Awards recognize top authors and firms whose work was read by C-suite executives, in-house counsel, media, and other professionals

A recent Law360 article, “Texas Tornado Ruling Puts Policy Definitions in Spotlight,” reported on a February 13 Texas Supreme Court decision addressing the interpretation of insurance policy terminology. The Court held that a tornado falls within the ordinary meaning of a “windstorm” under a homeowners insurance policy, reversing a lower court decision. The ruling is

First Department Finds Ambiguity In Exception To Exclusion And Interprets It In Favor Of Coverage

Mount Hawley Insurance Company issued a commercial general liability policy to a contractor that excluded coverage for property damage resulting from the insured’s labor, except for “interior tile” work. The insured contractor was retained to refurbish a bathroom. To level

Benjamin Malerba and Emily Manning wrote the Law360 article, “How to Prep as Private Equity Starts Investing in Law Firms,” which covers the emerging trend of PE investing in professional services firms.

Here is an excerpt.

Private equity investment in professional services has expanded significantly over the past decade, first gaining traction in healthcare and

It was a busy month for courts on insurance issues.

We begin in Illinois. If an insured has a permit that authorizes a certain level of emissions, are those emissions pollutants for purposes of a pollution exclusion? The Illinois Supreme Court instructs on the relevance of a permit when assessing whether a pollution exclusion applies.