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The Canadian Bar Association - 2010 International Law Conference

Event | 05.06.10 - 05.07.10, 12:00 AM UTC - 12:00 AM UTC

The conference will bring together leading international law experts to give practitioners insight into the most current developments in international law.

Conference topics to include:

  • Legal lessons in inter-jurisdictional relations from the 2010 Olympics Games
  • Trade issues -"buy American", border congestion, and "cap & trade"
  • Canadian and American cross-border concerns and opportunities: a dialogue between the legal profession, stakeholders, and government
  • Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement, Agreement on Internal Trade, North American Free Trade and the World Trade Organization: integration or fragmentation of inter-jurisdictional law?
  • Labour movement and human trafficking into the Pacific Northwest
  • Year in review: report on significant cases

Ted Posner is one of the speakers of a plenary session entitled "TILMA, AIT, NAFTA, and WTO: Integration or fragmentation of inter-jurisdictional law?" Ian Laird is the Moderator of a breakout session entitled "Trade Issues: 'buy American', border congestion, and 'cap & trade'."

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Event | 02.20.25

Has the Buss Stopped? Recoupment Today

Has the Buss Stopped? Recoupment Today: In 1997, the California Supreme Court decided Buss v. Superior Court. In Buss, the court concluded that a liability insurer that defended a mixed action could seek reimbursement from the insured for the defense costs associated with the claims that were not even potentially covered. Since then, numerous courts have held that insurers are entitled to recoup their defense costs associated with uncovered claims or causes of action. On the other hand, a significant number of courts have rejected insurers’ right to recoupment, at least in the absence of a policy provision granting the insurer that right. Some commentators have even suggested that the current judicial trend might be away from permitting insurers to recoup their defense costs. Is that correct? Has the Buss stopped? This panel of coverage experts will analyze insurers’ claimed right to recoupment today, and offer their perspectives on what the law on recoupment should perhaps be and might be in the future.

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