Norman Tolle, a Partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Group, will be part of a panel discussion at this year’s International Claim Association’s 103d Annual Education Conference.  The panel discussion is entitled, “STOLI Update’ and will discuss recent developments with STOLI/STOVA/SEC investigation of life partners.

The Conference with

David Wilck, a Partner in the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group, will be speaking at the New York State Bar Association’s program entitled, “Risk Management for Attorneys 2012 – Protect Your Practice.”

Mr. Wilck’s presentation is entitled, “Insurance Considerations.”

Other topics to be covered during this program include:

• Integrity in dealing with non-clients – Standards

David M. Grill and Jason Gurdus obtained the dismissal of a breach of contract lawsuit pending before the Supreme Court, Suffolk County.  The Court granted their motion to dismiss and consolidated the first filed Suffolk County breach of contract with a subsequently filed lawsuit in New York County, which sought, among other relief, to foreclose

Evan Krinick, Michael Versichelli, and Max Gershenoff of Rivkin Radler’s Litigation and Appeals practice group secured the complete dismissal, on reconsideration, of a putative federal class action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, entitled Servedio v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., E.D.N.Y. Docket No. CV 10-1458. The aspiring lead plaintiff had contended, among

Michael Versichelli and Tamika Hardy obtained dismissal of a putative class action brought by a claimant challenging a no-fault insurer’s industry-wide practice of calculating lost wage benefits under New York’s no-fault law.  The court held that a no-fault insurer is permitted to offset the 20% tax reduction for lost wages against the $50,000 cap for

Pia Riverso, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation, Intellectual Property and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, has been spotlighted as a member of the Professional Women In Construction National Association in their Sept. 2012 ePWC newsletter.

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The legal team of William Savino, Celeste Butera and Jason Gurdus scored a legal victory in a large advertising injury coverage litigation. Last week, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in One Beacon Ins. Co. v. William A. Graham Co. affirmed the Trial Court’s decision and found that our three insurer clients had no duty to defend

David Guadognoli, an associate in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Group, presented, “Handling New York Bodily Injury Claims Under New York’s Insurance Law §3420(d).”  This presentation was a claims training seminar on handling New York bodily injury claims in light of the First Department Appellate Division’s decision in George Campbell Ptg., et al,

Richard Feldman, a partner in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation and Litigation & Appeals Practice Groups, and David Guadagnoli, an associate in the firm’s Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Group, obtained summary judgment in Maine State court on behalf of a large national carrier against a bodily injury plaintiff seeking to satisfy a $1.5 million consent judgment. 

UNIONDALE, NY ? Merril Schapiro Biscone, Of Counsel to Rivkin Radler, has been selected as a recipient of the 17th Assembly District’s “Women of Distinction” Award for 2012.  This award pays tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by women who make their community a safer, better place to live.

As a member of the firm’s