Jurisdictional and Venue Considerations in Insurance Coverage Litigation: The “Colorado River” Runs Through It
American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Partner John E. Heintz will moderate a panel at the American College of Coverage Counsel’s (“ACCC”) 5th Annual Law School Symposium on Friday, October 26, 2018, at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.
John’s panel, “Jurisdictional and Venue Considerations in Insurance Coverage Litigation: The ‘Colorado River’ Runs Through It,” will take place from 3:50 to 4:50 p.m. and the panelists will examine the application of judicial abstention doctrines, forum non conveniens and related venue principles, and personal jurisdiction requirements in the context of competing insurance coverage actions in state and federal courts.
Other symposium panels include:
- Estoppel by Any Other Name: The Meaning of this Doctrine in Insurance Law
- “Stowers” and the Art of Turning the Table on an Insurer with a Policy Limits Settlement Demand
- The Art of the Deal Doctrines: So Many Doctrines in So Little Time
- How Will the ALI’s New Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance Shape the Future of Coverage Disputes?
- From Keene to Carter-Wallace, from Boston Gas to Owens-Illinois: The Clear Winner in the “Named Doctrine” Contest
- Independent Counsel and the Tripartite Relationship: The Cumis Doctrine and Others Entitling Insureds to Pick Their Own Lawyers and Control Their Defense