Creations and Insertions into Existing Contracts P...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 12, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
The Insurance Appraisal Process–Part I
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 3, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |
Cyber-Insurance & “Established Insuranc...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 15, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
Cyber-Insurance aka E-Commerce Insurance–Par...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 14, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS, JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
Lawyers, Election Law, Jurisprudence, and Proper G...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 6, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
Dr. Quinn maintains several blogs which discuss various topics related to the practice of law. Currently, these blogs include Insurance Law, Insurance Law History, Law Practice, Expert Witness Testimony, Jurisprudence, and Philosophy.
INSURANCE LAW BLOG
Insurance law falls into three major categories. First, the insurance company will hire lawyers to represent the insured in case they are sued for something related to their insurance contract. These are known as "insurance defense attorneys." The second category of insurance law helps insured people determine when an insurance company must pay a claim. Third, insurance companies typically hire attorneys to make sure the company complies with all applicable laws and regulations, which can vary by state.
Topics: Coverage disputes, insurance bad faith, cases, news, perspectives, and practices.
Creations and Insertions into Existing Contracts P...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 12, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
Duty to Cooperate
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 9, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
THE SHIP “EVER GIVEN” AND THE SUEZ CAN...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 27, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
INSURANCE LAW
LatestInsurance: Duty of Good Faith–Statutory Basis
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 30, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
Statutory criteria for insurer bad faith in dealing with insureds exists in almost all states. Sometimes it is based on the Model Act, sometimes not. The Model Act requires that insurers have rules, principles or...
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Depositions and the “Uniqueness Answer”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 29, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
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My Learning What Was New to Me
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 26, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY BLOG
An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert. Expert witnesses may also deliver "expert evidence" within the area of their expertise. (Visit Expert Witness Testimony to learn more).
Topics: expert witness...
BIG DATA, BIG LAW FIRMS & BIG BULLSHIT
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 28, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS, COURTS | 0 |
The Prudent Expert Witness: Agreements and Perform...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 12, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
DEPOSITION OF EXPERT WITNESS
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jun 24, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
EXPERT WITNESS
LatestExpert Witness: “Objection. Not Responsive” Whose Objection?
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 30, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
Here is what might be called: The Lawyer’s (L’s) Own Witness Problem An expert witness is giving a deposition. There are three lawyers in the room. The expert witness is giving an opinion in the hire of P (or,...
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Expert Witness: What Not to Do
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 28, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS, COURTS | 0 |
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Expert Witness Testimony: A Frequent Error
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 18, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS, COURTS | 0 |
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Deposition Witnesses and Leading Questions
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 18, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
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Insurance Law Expert Witness–Preface
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 13, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
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Judges Beware
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 11, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
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ABOUT INSURERS REACHING TOO FAR: SOME FUNDAMENTALS
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 6, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
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STORMS & BUILDINGS
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 3, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
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More on “Suez v. ‘Evergreen’/’Ever Given'[*] & Owner”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 24, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
LAW PRACTICE BLOG
There are various ways in which lawyers can run into legal-related problems or issues of legal ethics including civil lawsuits, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty or lawyer criminality and its consequences for discipline.
Topics: legal malpractice, legal ethics, civil lawsuits, fiduciary duty, lawyer criminality, and discipline.
Worn-Out Lawyer Cliches
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 8, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE, INSURANCE LAW HISTORY | 0 |
Legal Malpractice
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 2, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
Law, Conservatism, and Creativity
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 28, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
LAW PRACTICE
Latest“A Business Decision”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 1, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
I was just reading a deposition in which the soon-to-be Purchaser of a company did not contact a bank about a loan it had made to the Seller. The failure to contact was a disaster: litigation only lawyers can love. When asked...
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Depositions: “. . . sir. . . .”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 1, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
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Law Firms Dismiss Legal Secretaries
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 27, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
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LAWYERS, NON-CLIENTS, AND NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION.
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 27, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
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DEDICATED LAWYERING–Work/Life Balance
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 25, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
JURISPRUDENCE BLOG
Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law seeking to explain the nature of law in its most general form and provide a deeper understanding of legal reasoning and analogy, legal systems, legal institutions, and the proper application and role of law including the social, philosophical, political and other random topics.
Topics: legal theory, nature of law, legal reasoning, legal systems, legal institutions, the role of law, social, philosophical, and other random topics.
KICKING CANS DOWN ROADS
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 4, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
COVERAGE FOR SEC-IMPOSED DISGORGEMENT BASED UPON I...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 1, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
Lawyers, Election Law, Jurisprudence, and Proper G...
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 6, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
JURISPRUDENCE
LatestSTOP LOSS INSURANCE
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 3, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
Consider the following dialogue. It is more or less based upon variations of recent Opinions set forth by the Supreme Court of Texas. The people having this discussion are Quink and Malvinio. Noticing the tilting, even,...
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AMBIGUITY IN INSURANCE POLICIES
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Aug 30, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
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Natural Law Versus Legal Positivism
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jun 30, 2023 | JURISPRUDENCE | 0 |
IN THE COURTS
The courts of the United States are closely linked hierarchical systems of courts at the federal and state levels. The federal courts form the judicial branch of the US government and operate under the authority of the United States Constitution and federal law. The state and territorial courts of the individual U.S. states and territories operate under the authority of the state and territorial constitutions and state and territorial law.
COURTS

The Insurance Appraisal Process–Part I

An Ironshore Cyber Policy–Part #1

BIG DATA, BIG LAW FIRMS & BIG BULLS...

Expert Witness: What Not to Do

Cyber Insurance and CGL Packages: Part I

Chesley in Ohio

Expert Witness Testimony: A Frequent Err...

Disbarred: Famous Plaintiffs’ Lawy...

Lawyers, Civility & Professionalism

LAWYERS, LAW FIRMS & BUSINESS(ES)

Lawyer Imprudence, The Lawyer as Idiot

THE GOOD LAWYER, Part II – Empathy...
INSURANCE LAW – History
The practice of insurance law, including insurance policies and claims can be broadly broken into three categories - [1] regulation of the business of insurance; [2] regulation of the content of insurance policies, especially with regard to consumer policies; and [3] regulation of insurance claims.
INSURANCE LAW HISTORY

Insurance History

Legal Ethics: Excessive Fees (An Old Sto...

Worn-Out Lawyer Cliches

INSURANCE CONTRACT LANGUAGE: MARITIME IN...

THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS DISASTER

MORE ON AGING LAWYERS

Legal Ethics, Lawyer Retentions and Insu...

“Performance Insurance” Cata...

Fine Arts Auctions, Guarantors, and Insu...

INSUREDS MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND POLICI...

THE GOOD LAWYER–Part VII: Lawyers ...

CLE FOLLIES
PHILOSOPHY BLOG
Philosophy of law is a branch of philosophy that examines the nature of law and law's relationship to other systems of norms, especially ethics and political philosophy. Philosophy of law and jurisprudence are often used interchangeably, though jurisprudence sometimes encompasses forms of reasoning that fit into economics or sociology.
PHILOSOPHY

Yet Another General Approach



Folk ‘Anything’

LEGAL ETHICS–PART II


PISSING ON THE PITHY


THE GOOD LAWYER , Part VI – Realism

THE GOOD LAWYER, Part III: Courage

Cyber Insurance Policies and Their Characteristics

THE GOOD LAWYER, A BOOK DISCUSSED, Part I
OLDER POSTS – All Blogs
Expert Witness–Testing for Legal Sufficiency
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Mar 14, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
EXPERT WITNESSES & JUDICIAL EPISTEMOLOGY The Texas Supreme Court recently wrote a case which...
Read MoreBitTorrent
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jan 19, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |
I am basically a tolerant, liberty-oriented, and liberal-minded person. I was delighted to see...
Read MoreOn the Rhetoric of the Ridiculous
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jan 16, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |
Overdoing rhetoric in briefs, motions, pleadings, etc., is poor, tasteless, and below-grade...
Read More“Madam. Are you certain today?” [Sketch I]
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jan 8, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
There is a species of questions with respect to which witnesses (including expert witnesses) must...
Read More“If you don’t understand the question. . . .??
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 2, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |
Near the beginning of many depositions there are the following questions and often the following answers: Q. If you don’t understand my question can we agree that you will tell me?A. Yes.Q. So if you don’t tell me,...
Read MoreInsurance Coverage Opinions
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 29, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW HISTORY | 0 |
A Very Small Bit of Insurance Law History Ever wonder what the early history of coverage opinions was? When was an early one written in a formal mercantile context involving reinsurance? Here is a possibility. ...
Read MoreAIG netADVANTAGE COMPLETE INTERNET INSURANCE
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 25, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
The following is an older-ish AIG cyber-world contract of insurance, that is, a cyber-space insurance policy. Remember, given the speed of the commercial growth of the cyberworld, something can be old when it is...
Read More“Breadwinner Moms” & Law Firms
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 24, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE, INSURANCE LAW HISTORY | 0 |
The Pew Research Center just published a report entitled “Breadwinner Moms.” It is the talk of the “daily talk shows” or the “argument shows.” What people have love to talk about...
Read MoreCyber Insurance and CGL Packages–Part II
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 23, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
This series of blog-essays contain an introduction to the Comprehensive General Liability policy used in the “real-world,” along with a type of liability insurance for the “cyber-” or “virtual...
Read MoreThe Unhappy Legal Culture–Part I
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 22, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
Evidence from “Don’t Do It” Is there really evidence that the legal profession is in a state of decline? Evidence is weak, at best. See Richard A. Epstein, “The Rule of Lawyers” WALL STREET...
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