Yesterday, Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner’s client received a favorable South Dakota Supreme Court ruling for its client in Andrews v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., 2015 S.D. 24 (2015). MLR attorneys F.J. Maloney and Nick Thede, along with local counsel Jason Smiley of Gunderson Palmer Nelson Ashmore, LLP of Rapid City, […]
Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner is supporting the 2015 Vernon School Auction, which is being held at The Melody Ballroom on Saturday, April 25, 2015. The funds raised at the auction benefit Vernon School, located in students with support for its music program, technology upgrades, field trips and more. Last year, MLR […]
This morning, Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner paralegal Rob Williams spoke to students at Roosevelt High School in North Portland about alternative legal careers. Rob’s discussion focused specifically on opportunities for students to pursue careers as paralegals in law firms. He shared with the students his valuable first hand knowledge and experience […]
MLR attorney Andy Lauersdorf is delivering a presentation this afternoon to the Oregon Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). The presentation will focus on recent trial and appellate court decisions on the National Fire Protection Association’s “NFPA 921: Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations,” including the distinction […]
MLR congratulates the recipients of the Portland Business Journal’s “Women of Influence” award. MLR staff, Cher Vasquez and Esther Melin, will attend the event today to celebrate and recognize 25 of the most influential women in the region. Congratulations to the award recipients, all of whom who make a difference […]
Tonight, MLR appellate attorneys, Nick Thede and Janis Puracal, will be judging the Mock Appellate Argument competition for Lewis and Clark Law School. The competition, held annually, gives first year law students the chance to prepare briefs and present oral argument to a panel of lawyers who judge them on […]
A judge in the Eastern District of Washington, expressly rejecting the holdings in a series of cases from the Western District of Washington, recently found that an insured could establish a claim under the Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA) by showing the insurance company violated one of the Washington Administrative […]
An Oregon federal district court judge recently issued an opinion and order in Navigators Ins. Co. v Hamlin, No. 14-cv-196-MC, 2015 WL 1084825 (D.Or. Mar. 10, 2015) addressing an insurance company’s duty to defend and indemnify its insured for claims relating to alleged professional services rendered by the insured. The […]
On April 6, 2015, the Washington Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Lui v. Essex Ins. Co., No. 72835-1-I, addressing the meaning of a vacancy provision in an insurance contract. The court concluded that the vacancy provision in the commercial policy was clear and unambiguous, and operated to bar […]
