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Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal SPRING 2020 VOLUME 55 ISSUE 2 PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TORT TRIAL & INSURANCE PRACTICE SECTION Cite as 55 TORT TRIAL & INS. PRAC. L.J. ____ (2020). Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal SPRING 2020 • VOLUME 55, ISSUE 2 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Christine S. Davis Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Washington, D.C. [email protected] Co-Executive Editor Co-Executive Editor Charles A. Yuen Kara D. Ford Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC Davis Polk Wardwell LLP Lyndhurst, New Jersey New York, New York [email protected] [email protected] Managing Editor Julie Roberts Furgerson American Bar Association Washington, D.C. [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITORS Zascha Blanco Abbott Adam J. Budesheim Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo McCarter & English, LLP Miami, Florida Newark, New Jersey [email protected] [email protected] Brian L. Bank Ryan Buschell Rivkin Radler LLP Covington & Burling LLP Uniondale, New York San Francisco, California [email protected] [email protected] Andrew Bourne Andy Cao Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP McGlinchey Stafford PLLC New York, New York Houston, Texas [email protected] [email protected] Lara Degenhart Cassidy Pamela A. Palmer Perkins Coie LLP Clark Hill PLC Washington, D.C. Los Angeles, California [email protected] [email protected] R. Aaron Chastain Stephen Parsley Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama [email protected] [email protected] Jeremy M. King J. Thomas Richie Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP New York, New York Birmingham, Alabama [email protected] [email protected] Peter Kochenburger Mario S. Russo University of Connecticut School of Law McCarter & English, LLP Hartford, Connecticut Newark, New Jersey [email protected] [email protected] Matthew R. Kohnke David Brooks Torrey Property & Liability Resource Bureau Workers Compensation Office Downers Grove, Illinois of Adjudication [email protected] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [email protected] Michael A. Kotula Rivkin Radler LLP S. Kyle Weaver Uniondale, New York Carr Allison [email protected] Tallahassee, Florida [email protected] Jeremy A. Lawrence Munger Tolles & Olson LLP San Francisco, California [email protected] Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal EDITORIAL POLICIES The Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, the quarterly scholarly publication of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, is com- mitted to the publication of articles that present analysis and insight into issues affecting the broad scope of tort and insurance law and practice. The Journal welcomes original articles dealing with current and emerging issues of national scope from members of the bar. Feature articles traditionally are between 10,000 and 15,000 words, or 50 to 60 double-spaced pages in length. Depending on the topic and depth of focus, the Journal also accepts some shorter articles. The writing should be appropriate for a law review article. All references must be completely and accurately cited using the citation style of The Bluebook: A Uniform Sys- tem of Citation, 20th Edition. Other important requirements are as follows: (1) include a brief description of your current professional affiliation, (2) use consecutively numbered footnotes rather than embedded citations, (3) num- ber pages, (4) italicize rather than underline, (5) use Word, and (6) submit the manuscripts as e-mail attachments. Simultaneous submission of manuscripts to other publications is discouraged and must be brought to the attention of the editor-in-chief of the Journal. Unless otherwise clearly noted, all manu- scripts are expected to be original. All articles accepted for publication will be checked carefully for unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Authors are asked to sign a copyright agreement that grants to the ABA the exclusive right of first publication, the nonexclusive right to reprint, and the right to use the work in other ABA media—including electronic and print. Manuscripts should be sent as e-mail attachments to Julie Furgerson, Managing Editor, [email protected]. No compensation is paid for published articles. Requests to reprint or republish material from the Journal should be sent to [email protected]. Opinions and viewpoints expressed in the contents of the Journal are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Journal’s edi- torial board, the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, or the American Bar Association. The Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal (ISSN: 1543-3234) is published by the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654- 7598. Section members receive the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal by virtue of membership. Attorneys who are not members of the American Bar Association and nonlawyers may subscribe at the annual rate of $50.00 ($65.00 for foreign countries). Back issues published two years ago and earlier may be purchased from William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2350 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY 14068. More current issues may be obtained from ABA Service Center, American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654-7598, (312) 988-5522. Copyright © 2020 American Bar Association. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the USA. Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal SPRING 2020 • VOLUME 55, ISSUE 2 CONTENTS 77 Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law Jeanne L. Amy, Michael T. Amy, Attilio Costabel, Sarah Y. Gayer, Audrey E. Gitz, Megen Madison Gold, Chase Alexandra Jansson, Sara B. Kuebel, Donald A. Mau, Matthew A. Moeller, Kelly E. Mulrane, Allison N. Skopec, Kat Statman, and W. Benjamin Woody 111 Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution Deborah Greenspan, Fredric Brooks, Jonathan Walton, and Shareen Sarwar 133 Recent Developments in Animal Tort and Insurance Law Margrit Lent Parker and Francesca Ortiz 163 Recent Developments in Appellate Advocacy Judea S. Davis, Stephen C. Parsley, Michael P. Regan, Candice L. Rucker, Jeffrey W. Sheehan, and Patrick E. Sweeney 193 Recent Developments in Business Litigation Van Cates, Court Walsh, Niall A. Paul, and Dennis Wall 217 Recent Developments in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Lauren D. Godfrey, Matthew Horton, Ericka A. Johnson, Joshua A. Mooney, and Michael C. Zimmermann 241 Recent Developments in Employee Benefits Law Emily Hootkins and David Mohl 251 Recent Developments in Employment and Labor Law Christine Sargent, Matthew A. Bowles, Bruce J. Sarchet, Jake Proudfoot, and Zack Duffly 273 Recent Developments in Excess, Surplus Lines, and Reinsurance Law Patrick O’Mea, Frank Valverde, Abigail Chin, Molly Crabtree, Sean Klammer, J. David Winters, and Randi Ellias 297 Recent Developments in Fidelity and Surety Law David A. Harris, Matthew R. Berry, Saloni Shah, Evan B. Gatewood, Rebecca S. Glos, Ralph Kooy, Craig N. Mangum, Michael T. Pipkin, Jason R. Potter, Ryan J. Weeks, Scott C. Williams, and Jessica L. Wynn v vi Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Spring 2020 (55:2) 323 Recent Developments in Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Disability Insurance Law Elizabeth G. Doolin, Julie F. Wall, Joseph R. Jeffery, and Victor F. Terrizzi 373 Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Damian J. Arguello, William Reed, Christopher Mosley, Laura Meyer Gregory, and Timothy M. Thornton, Jr. 397 Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law Chris Nichols 409 Recent Developments in International Litigation Mark E. Wojcik 427 Recent Developments Affecting Professionals’, Directors’, and Officers’ Liability Douglas W. MacKelcan, Seth L. Laver, Amber W. Locklear, and Jennifer Feldscher 443 Recent Developments in Property Insurance Coverage Litigation Jay M. Levin, Jonathan R. MacBride, Dennis Anderson, Adina Bergstrom, Sarah R. Burke, John V. Garaffa, Scott Green, Heidi Hudson Raschke, Andrew K. Daechsel, Kesha Hodge, Miranda A. Jannuzzi, Akira Céspedes Pérez, Kateri Persinger, Christina M. Phillips, Justin Rudin, and Megan K. Shannon 467 Recent Developments in Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law David B. Torrey, Lawrence D. McIntyre, and Justin D. Beck Acknowledgments The editors of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal would like to thank the TIPS committees and members who participated in the compi- lations of the Spring 2020 annual survey of tort and insurance law. This issue would not have been possible without the enthusiastic contribution of members who generously donated their time and expertise to the proj- ect. The authors and their professional affiliations are listed in alphabeti- cal order below. Any contributor who was a student at the time that these articles were written is indicated by an asterisk (*). Jeanne L. Amy Adina Bergstrom Jones Walker LLP Sauro & Bergstrom, PLLC New Orleans, LA Oakdale, MN Michael T. Amy Matthew Berry Deutsch Kerrigan LLP Stewart Sokol & Larkin LLC New Orleans, LA Portland, OR Dennis Anderson Matthew A. Bowles Zelle, LLP GrayRobinson, P.A. Minneapolis, MN Tampa, FL Damian J. Arguello Fredric Brooks Colorado Insurance Law Center Blank Rome LLP Denver, CO New York, NY Craig M. Bargher Sarah R. Burke Chittenden, Murday & Novotny Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLC LLP Chicago, IL Tampa, FL Justin D. Beck Van Cates Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP Veolia North America Pittsburgh, PA Tampa, FL vii Akira Céspedes Pérez Jennifer Feldscher Zelle