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Excess Insurer Defeats Vizio s Suit Over $17M Privacy Deal
Law360 (May 5, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT) A California federal judge has freed Arch Insurance Co. from having to cover Vizio Inc. s $17 million settlement in multidistrict litigation accusing the TV maker of selling data without consumers consent, finding the excess insurer has no duty to provide a defense.
U.S. District Judge Otis Dalino Wright on Monday granted Arch s motion to dismiss Vizio s suit seeking coverage for its settlement in a 2018 MDL accusing it of selling data on consumers viewing habits, but he gave Vizio 21 days to amend its complaint.
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Judge Slams Auto Parts Maker s Foolish Sanctions Bid
Law360 (January 15, 2021, 10:22 PM EST) A California federal judge has lambasted a Taiwanese automobile lights maker s foolish and spiteful sanctions bid after it asked the judge to make its former U.S. distributor pay attorney fees for initiating the case rather than arbitrating it.
U.S. District Judge Otis Dalino Wright II had found that U.S. auto parts distributor Pilot Inc. should not have brought the $70 million customer-stealing case to court, agreeing with Taiwanese lights maker TYC Brother Industrial Co. Ltd. s argument that the issue should be arbitrated.