3rd Circuit Denies Drug Manufacturer’s Petition To Rehear D&O Coverage Dispute

(February 29, 2024, 11:32 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 28 denied a pharmaceutical drug manufacturer insured’s petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, refusing to disturb its finding that an excess directors and officers liability insurer has no duty to pay the insured’s settlement and defense costs arising from an underlying shareholder class action alleging that it artificially inflated its stock when it misrepresented the results of a clinical drug study....