THE “LATE-NOTICE-FORBIDDEN” CLAUSES
LATE NOTICE AND COVERAGE Michael Sean Quinn** Insurance policies, aka contracts of insurance, uniformly contain clauses requiring insureds seeking coverage notify the relevant insurer of their perceived injury "promptly," "as soon as practicable," (whatever that...
TEXAS: AMBIGUITY AND INTERPRETING CONTRACTS OF INSURANCE
Ambiguity and Reasonable Use Michael Sean Quinn* As everyone knows, if and only if the language of a contract, including that of an insurance policy, is ambiguous, it is construed against the party that drafted the contract. Almost invariably, in contracts...
CAN DEFENDING LIABILITY INSURER SUE DEFENSE COUNSEL–YES OR NO?
LEGAL MALPRACTICE & THE LIABILITY INSURANCE INDUSTRY: AN INTRODUCTION WITH A FOCUS UPON TEXAS Michael Sean Quinn* The reader will notice that there are random changes between double spacing and single spacing and more. My computer system is entirely...
LINCOLN AS LAWYER
ABE'S GREATEST CASE Michael Sean Quinn* Among lawyers who are historically minded, some are fascinated by Abraham Lincoln, a semi disguised trial lawyer and legal genius (of sorts, for his age) who was America's Civil War President. Some of these kinds of...
LEGAL FEES BILLED BY THE HOUR
REASONABLENESS OF “HOURLY” LEGAL FEES--A SUMMARY OF SOME CONSIDERATIONS, THOUGH NOT THE SUM, OF THEM ALL Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., J.D., Etc.* See the end Lawyers are fiduciaries of their clients. Lawyers have duties to their clients at the “fiduciary level.” This...
Lusitania: Bemis and the Minister
THIRD LUSITANIA BEMIS SALVAGE CASE: Irish Administrative Law and Litigation—Part XIV Michael Sean Quinn* This blog essay is probably the last of a whole series of Lusitania pieces. the last one was entitled Lusitania Salvage Part XIII, and it was dated 8/5/15...
Crimes of an Aging Lawyer
AGING LAWYERS AND NEW CALLINGS Michael Sean Quinn* The self improvement literature for aging baby boomers has a number of books on how to bounce back or avoid retirement* (“Start something new.”) or how not to quit** “Do it [or not] just right/”). One attractive...
Huge Legal Fees, Commercial Resentment, and Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN’S LEGAL FEES: ONE CONTROVERSY Michael Sean Quinn* Abe Lincoln has a law practice in Illinois before he was president, as everyone knows. It was a general practice—some litigation, some...
A LAWYER AND A REALLY SIGNIFICANT FINE ARTS TRANSACTION
A LAWYER AND THE LOST CARAVAGGIO Michael Sean Quinn** www.michaelseanquinn.com Lawyers are from time to time involved in commercial or mercantile problems related to fine art. A few large firms...
Lusitania: Salvage–Some Anyway–Part XII
Lusitania: First Bemis Salvage Case—Part XII F. Gregg Bemis, Jr. is now an elderly, wealthy, Harvard MBA-type. He says he walked out on his executive employment in the 1970s at the age of 51 and became a variety of different things, including several types of...
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