Professional Liability Insurer Must Defend Lawyer In Lottery Case, Judge Says

Mealey's (July 1, 2022, 1:11 PM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on June 29 ordered a professional liability insurer to immediately pay a former equity partner at Rivkin Radler LLP’s defense costs that he incurred in an underlying criminal indictment alleging the partner conspired to defraud three lottery winner clients of their property, rejecting the insurer’s contention that the policy’s damages exclusion bars coverage....