Has Gene By Gene Unzipped TCPA Insurance Exclusions?

Law360, New York (February 8, 2016, 11:58 AM EST) -- In January, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas held that an electronic data and distribution of material in violation of statutes exclusion, a variant of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exclusion, did not prohibit defense coverage in a putative class action for an insured's wrongful, online publication of genetic data in violation of a statute. Evanston Insurance Co. v. Gene By Gene Ltd., (S.D. Texas, Jan. 6, 2016). In so holding, the court construed the exclusion to address solely intrusion upon seclusion claims, and not claims based on publication of private facts, a conclusion that has garnered some attention....

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