5th Circuit Rejects Request For Full Panel Rehearing Of Data Breach Coverage Suit

Mealey's (October 27, 2021, 4:05 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A quorum panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 19 denied a commercial general liability’s insurer’s petition for a full panel rehearing of its reversal of a federal court’s finding that the insurer has no duty to defend against an underlying lawsuit seeking to recover damages purportedly caused by a data breach of the insured’s credit card processing system....