Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner André Sesler has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida Law Center Association (LCA).

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner April Toy of the firm’s Milwaukee office has been selected to participate in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) prestigious Puente Leadership Institute.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that partner Pedro Hernandez, the co-leader of the firm’s global Insurance Services group, has been named a finalist in the Best Mentor category of the 2026 Florida Legal Awards, presented by the Daily Business Review and American Law Media (ALM).

Read a Law360 Q&A with Hinshaw senior counsel Lucy Wang, who discusses California's insurance overhaul, catastrophe modeling, smoke-damage claims after the LA fires, and advice for the next insurance commissioner.

Read Scott Seaman’s insights in Law360 about a Delaware court’s ruling that Meta cannot obtain insurance coverage for claims that its platform is addictive to adolescents.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook's insights in a recent Law360 Insurance Authority article discussing AB 1642, a bill being considered in the California legislature that would require statewide standards for testing and clearing homes of toxic contaminants after wildfires.

Tampa partner Eli Marger will co-present "Forensic Meteorology: Uses and Limitations" on March 23 and March 25, 2025, at the Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo in National Harbor, Maryland.

Hinshaw partners John DeLascio, Barry MacEntee, and Jason Schulze will speak on separate panels at Global Access Week 2026, a Hinshaw-sponsored conference taking place March 10-12, 2026, in London, United Kingdom.

Hinshaw partner Joel Wiegert will serve as the conference co-chair for the Fidelity Law Association (FLA) 31st Annual Conference, in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 2025, for which Hinshaw is a firm sponsor. His Hinshaw colleague, Michael Adams, will also present as part of a panel titled "Who's Holding the Bag? (And Who Gets to File the Claim)?"

Hinshaw partner John DeLascio will present at the Perrin Conferences CLE webinar “The Next Wave: Navigating Emerging Mass Torts and the Data Behind the Docket” on May 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET.

Hinshaw partner Scott Seaman will speak at the InsurTech Summit 2026, streaming live on May 19. He will participate in the panel “Making Decisions in Difficult Risk Environments.”

Hinshaw attorney Scott Seaman will present at the BARBRI CLE webinar, “Environmental Insurance Coverages: CGL, Property, and D&O Policies for PFASs, ESG, NRS, CERCLA, RCRA, OPA, and Others,” on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:00 pm CST.

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.

Navigating the ever changing waters of consumer privacy could become much more challenging if the “It's Your Data Act" (IYDA) is passed in New York. Some provisions of the proposed law may apply to any person or business, even law firms no matter how small, that collects any personal information of New York residents for the purpose of generating commercial or economic value.

The range of issues confronting today's business leaders is enlarging at breakneck speed. Emerging concerns, such as geopolitical unrest, corporate governance mishaps, and climate risks, can have significant impacts on strategic planning, business operations, and revenue. Increased interconnectivity and disruptive technologies create opportunities, but frequently have unforeseen consequences. In addition to adverse financial and operational impacts, a single misstep in managing these complex areas can damage corporate reputations almost overnight.

In 2025, Hinshaw’s global insurance services team authored several resources on key developments and decisions that impacted the US insurance industry. From our timely commentary just published in Mealey’s to the third edition of our Duty to Defend 50-state survey and whitepapers covering a variety of areas that impact the industry, our team has you covered.

Read a deep-dive analysis of what is included in the new Third Edition of Hinshaw's Duty to Defend: A Fifty-State Survey, a comprehensive Q&A guide with answers to eleven key questions for each state that will help you navigate the duty to defend.

Read our latest alert explaining why regulating rate controls can backfire—driving up costs, lowering availability, and risking insolvency—while highlighting litigation costs and “social inflation” as key factors increasing premiums.

On May 6, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, which provides that an employee's COVID-19 related illness "shall be presumed to arise out of and in the course of the employment for purposes of awarding workers' compensation benefits" so long as the following criteria applies: