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Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA

  1. November 25, 2019

    AIG Unit Can't Overturn Atty Fees In Yahoo Jury Win

    Yahoo Inc. presented enough evidence to back a jury finding that it can recover the $618,000 in attorney fees it spent trying to establish that an AIG subsidiary breached its policy by failing to cover its losses in underlying privacy class actions, a California federal judge said Monday.

  2. July 26, 2019

    AIG Unit Wants 'Excessive' Atty Fees Nixed In Yahoo Jury Win

    An AIG subsidiary asked a California federal court Friday to deny Yahoo Inc.'s attorney fees award or grant a new trial altogether, looking to escape a May jury verdict that found the insurer acted in bad faith by failing to cover Yahoo's costs to defend a consolidated class action and therefore owes $618,000 in fees.

  3. May 22, 2019

    AIG Unit's Failure To Defend Yahoo Was Bad Faith, Jury Says

    A California federal jury found Wednesday that an AIG subsidiary acted in bad faith when it failed to cover Yahoo Inc.'s costs to defend a consolidated class action accusing it of unlawfully scanning customers' emails.

  4. May 20, 2019

    Insurer Can't Slip Yahoo's $7M Bad Faith Claim During Trial

    A California federal judge has rejected an insurance company's mid-trial bid to toss Yahoo's claim that the insurer acted in bad faith by not covering $7 million the tech giant spent defending a class action accusing it of scanning customers' emails.

  5. October 12, 2018

    Insurer Can't Duck Yahoo's $4M Email Suit Coverage Row

    A California federal judge found on Friday that Yahoo's insurer largely failed to defend and indemnify the company for $4 million in attorneys' fees from multiple class actions accusing it of scanning customers' emails, but said it was up to a jury to decide whether the insurer's failures to come to Yahoo's aid were coverage errors or evidence of bad faith. 

  6. February 07, 2018

    Yahoo Slams Insurer's Bid To Duck Email Suit Coverage

    Yahoo batted back at insurer National Union on Tuesday in a California federal court fight over coverage for multiple class actions that accuse Yahoo of scanning customers' emails, saying it deserves coverage for the defense costs and ancillary sums it paid out in a settlement.

  7. January 05, 2018

    Insurer Says It Had No Duty To Defend Yahoo In Email Suits

    An American International Group Inc. subsidiary told a California federal court on Thursday that it had no duty to defend or indemnify Yahoo Inc. in class actions accusing it of scanning certain emails, arguing the internet giant's policies don't cover such broad claims.

  8. February 01, 2017

    Yahoo Says AIG Unit Must Cover Email Scanning Suits

    An American International Group Inc. subsidiary has wrongfully refused to defend and indemnify Yahoo Inc. in class actions accusing it of scanning emails sent to Yahoo users from non-Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Tuesday in a suit in California federal court.