Insurer Has No Duty To Pay For Independent Counsel In Copyright Suit, Panel Says

Mealey's (January 24, 2018, 9:51 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on Jan. 22 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a commercial general liability insurer has no obligation to reimburse its insured for more than $16,000 in independent counsel fees incurred in an underlying copyright infringement dispute, rejecting the insured’s contention that a conflict of interest entitled it to independent counsel (Bean Products, Inc. v. Scottsdale Insurance Co., No. 1-17-0421, Ill. App., 1st Dist., Div. 1, 2018 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 89)....