Publications

Partner Andrew S. Boris has published an article in the December 2011 issue of Reinsurance Encounters, a CPCU Society Reinsurance Interest Group publication.

Partner John M. O’Driscoll has published an article in the December 2011 issue of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s Municipal Law Newsletter.

Partner John M. O’Driscoll has published an article in the December 2011 issue of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s Municipal Law Newsletter entitled, “Stationary But Movable Signs Can Be Public Property With Immunity.”

Partner Joseph P. Monteleone has published in the December 2011 issue of Advisen Management Liability Journal an article titled, “Did Second Circuit Open Door to Millions of Dollars Added Exposure for D&O Insurers?

Tressler Attorneys Andrew S. Boris and Michael A. Conlon have published an article titled, “Chinese Drywall: The Insurance and Reinsurance Implications of an American Nightmare,” in the Fall 2011 edition of the Journal of Reinsurance (Vol. 18 No. 4.)

Orange County Partner Linda Bondi Morrison has authored a 22-page article titled, “A Summary of Coverage Rules and Their Practical Application for Claims Under California Law.”

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article August 23, 2011 entitled, "D&O - Drafting Issues and Constrained Judicial Interpretation Lead to Insurer Loss in California Coverage Litigation" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article August 23, 2011 entitled, D&O - Insurers Prevail Again On Failure To Exhaust Issue - Pyrrhic Victory?" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Shaun Baldwin posted an article August 18, 2011 entitled, "Attorney Fees Awarded in TCPA Class Action Suit are not "Damages" nor "Costs" Payable Under the Supplementary Payment Provision of a CGL Policy” to her National Insurance Law Forum blog site. View online

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article August 18, 2011 entitled, "Guest Post - An Interesting Mediation Pitfall" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Published in the July/August 2011 issue of Illinois Parks and Recreation, the magazine of the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association, is an article authored by partner Eduardo A.G. Bolt and associate A. Varinia Guzman, both of whom are based in Tressler LLP’s Orange County office.The article, titled, “The Present State of the I-9, Fundamental Components & Legal Considerations,” is intended to help employers avoid the major immigration law landmine – the Form I-9.

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article July 28, 2011 entitled, "D&O - Conduct Exclusions Can Sometimes Bite" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article July 27, 2011 entitled, "Settlement Trends in Delaware Chancery Court Derivative Litigation" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article July 12, 2011 entitled, "D&O Insurance - Why The Chinese May Not Be Buying (Yet)" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

 

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article May 31, 2011 entitled, "D&O Policies - Entity vs. Insured Exclusion – Bankruptcy Carvebacks" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article May 23, 2011 entitled, "D&O – Can a Reservation of Rights Letter Create a Contract Between Defense Counsel and Coverage Counsel or Insurer?" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Shaun Baldwin posted an article May 23, 2011 entitled, "Insured Lost Both Defense and Indemnity Coverage when It Refused to Allow the Insurer to Control its Defense” to her National Insurance Law Forum blog site. View online

Tressler partner Andrew Boris authored an article entitled, "It May Not Be So Easy to Blame the Reinsurance Intermediary," that appears in the June 2011 edition of Reinsurance Encounters, as published by the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (“CPCU”) Society.

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article April 18, 2011 entitled, "Employment Practices and Other E&O Policies: The Breadth of Pending and Prior Litigation Exclusions" to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article April 4, 2011 entitled, Much Ado About Nothing or Forewarned is Forearmed: Judge Rakoff Decides SEC v. Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., (SDNY, March 21, 2011) to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph P. Monteleone authored an article that appears in the April 2011 edition of the International Risk Management Institute, Inc.’s (“IRMI”) Risk Report.

Tressler partner Shaun Baldwin posted an article March 28, 2011 entitled, "An Arkansas Insurer's In House Defense Counsel is Disqualified From Representing The Insured and Found To Be Engaged in the Unauthorized Practice of Law” to her National Insurance Law Forum blog site. View online

Tressler partner Shaun Baldwin posted an article today entitled, “The Montrose Language Interpreted: How Many Policies Are Implicated By A Construction Defect That Later Causes a Flood?” to her National Insurance Law Forum blog site. View online

Tressler partner Andrew Boris authored an article entitled, Limits to the Decisions that Arbitrators Make?, that appears in the March 2011 edition of Reinsurance Encounters, as published by the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (“CPCU”) Society. 

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article March 15, 2011 entitled, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), D&O Insurance and the People's Republic of China - Oh, My! to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article March 11, 2011 entitled, The "Other Insurance" Clause In D&O Policies - When It Applies And When It Does Not to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Joseph Monteleone posted an article March 10, 2011 entitled, D&O Insurance - Side A Only DIC Policies - Why Should There Not Be An "Entity vs. Insured Person" Exclusion? to his D&O E&O Monitor blog site. View the article

Tressler partner Barry Bassis authored an article entitled, “Insurers’ Right to Reimbursement of Defense Costs Depends on the State,” that appears on the cover of the February 2011 edition of PLUS Journal. The article highlight’s a split among courts as to whether insurers may obtain reimbursement of defense costs when it is ultimately determined that there is no coverage. The majority view is that they may obtain such reimbursement even when it is not expressly provided for in the contract. However, the minority view, which does not allow reimbursement unless the insurance contract allows it, is gaining ground. View the article