Declarations: The Coverage Opinions Interview With Judge Jed Rakoff
Jed Rakoff, the well-known jurist from the Southern District of New York, just published "Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free -- And Other Paradoxes of our Broken Legal System." The book is brutal in its criticism. Wait. Can a sitting federal judge really say such things? Yes, Rakoff told me during an hour-long interview that I did with him for The ABA Journal. Lots of books have been written about the legal system's maladies. But when its 200 pages, from a nationally-known sitting federal judge, it's not like all the others.

Declarations: The Coverage Opinions Interview With Pretzel & Stouffer's Robert Chemers
An Insurance Coverage Record-Holder
Robert Chemers, of Chicago's Pretzel & Stouffer, is listed as counsel representing a party in a staggering 650 or so opinions (not all coverage, but mostly). I don't believe that there is a coverage lawyer in America credited with so many. I spoke to Chemers about his remarkable career involving 900 appeals, how he's been involved in all those cases and making Judge Posner laugh on the bench.

Encore: Randy Spencer's Open Mic
I'm Not Lion: The Coverage Case Involving Cats That You Must Read

Meet the New Insurance Key Issues Spokes-cat
Really. Key Issues Now Has A Spokes-cat

RIP Vernon Jordan: My 2019 Interview With The Civil Rights Icon

Policyholder Counsels' Favorite Song: Stairway To Heaven

What Do You See?: Insurance Coverage Rorschach Test

3 Courts, In 3 Days, Seek Guidance From The ALI Restatement Of Liability Insurance

Boxing World Loses A Champion (And Coverage Opinions Good Sport)

The Crazy Coincidence: Judge Rakoff's Great Opening Paragraph In Olin

Tom Baker On The Latest From The Penn Law School Covid Coverage Litigation Tracker

All Tapas Issue: Small Dishes Of Insurance Coverage News And Notes
• Exclusion Not Applicable: Not "Conspicuously Placed" In The Policy
• Federal Judge To Plaintiff: You Gotta Be Kidding! That's Not Negligence. 
• Can You Hear Me Now?: In re: Verizon Insurance Coverage Appeals Marches On  
• Who Doesn't Love A Good "Use Of An Auto" Case
• It's Still Covered: Insured Settles Claim Without Insurer's Consent
• Insurer's ROR Silent On A Limits Issue: Was It Waived?    
• Supreme Court Addresses When A D&O Insurer Can Withhold Consent Of A Settlement
• Owner of LLC Not An Insured Under Policy Issued To: His LLC
• Indiana Supreme Court To Decide Bad Faith Failure To Settle Between Primary And Excess