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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Bradley Nash, John Curley and Dorothea Regal Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP
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Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP (HNRK) is one of the largest women-owned law firms in the State of New York, and only represents policyholders. Beyond that, the firm places no limits on its leading insurance practice, which has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for its clients. It is regularly sought after by corporate and individual policyholders to advise and represent them in complex and valuable insurance coverage disputes. The firm is known for its ability to
aggressively and creatively develop solutions to max- imise its clients’ insurance recoveries. It serves as coverage counsel for a number of companies across a broad range of industries – including Syngenta (the world’s largest agrochemicals company), Southwest Airlines and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – regu- larly advising and representing them in connection with securing coverage for large losses and claims implicating numerous different types of coverage.
Authors
Bradley Nash is a partner at HNRK. He advises policyholders in insurance coverage disputes, including representing insureds seeking coverage under directors and officers insurance policies. Notable victories
John Curley is a partner of HNRK. He focuses his practice on complex business disputes, including breach of contract litigation, shareholder disputes, trade secrets matters and cases involving allegations of civil
include obtaining a preliminary injunction directing excess insurers for the Platinum Partners hedge fund to advance USD15 million in defence costs; obtaining a preliminary injunction from the Northern District of California, directing Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Company to advance defence costs to Ozy Media Inc’s CEO in connection with a high- profile criminal prosecution in the Eastern District of New York; and winning summary judgment on behalf of a romaine lettuce producer seeking coverage under a product contamination policy for losses arising from E. coli outbreaks.
securities fraud. His notable recent work includes M&A-related litigation, including earn-out litigation and claims for breaches of representations and warranties, and business disputes in the e-commerce, real estate, agrochemical, financial services and healthcare industries.
Dorothea Regal is a partner at HNRK. She has nearly 40 years of experience in successfully representing and counselling corporate policyholders. She has helped policyholders recover hundreds of millions of dollars from
insurers under liability, property, and other specialised insurance policies including recoveries for environmental liabilities and long-tail claims. As one example, she and her team won a ground- breaking ruling for Syngenta in a USD170 million insurance coverage dispute against more than 50 insurers over product liability claims involving the company’s herbicide. At issue was insurance coverage for defence costs and a settlement in a nationwide class action brought by water systems claiming decades-old contamination.
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