No Professional Liability Coverage Owed For Attorney, 4th Circuit Affirms

(January 5, 2024, 10:59 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 4 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling in favor of insurers in an attorney insured’s lawsuit seeking professional liability coverage for his claim arising from a grand jury subpoena that the U.S. Department of Justice served on his law firm, finding that the insurers never made a clear promise to provide coverage for the insured’s underlying expenses, and his lack-of-good-faith claim at a minimum required him to demonstrate that he was entitled to coverage....