June 24, 2025
A directors and officers liability insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify a venture capital investor in a now-resolved lawsuit over the sale of a company immediately after a merger, a California federal court ruled, finding a dilution-of-shares exception in an exclusion applicable.
July 11, 2023
A data analytics startup asked a California federal court to set aside a default entered against it last month in a coverage suit brought by a Nationwide unit, arguing that the company's failure to respond to its summons was inadvertent.
May 01, 2023
A Nationwide unit asked a California federal judge to find that it has no duty to defend a startup's board director in a lawsuit from the company's founder and CEO, arguing that an exclusion in its directors and officers policy prevents coverage for disputes between insureds.