CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ISSUES LANDMARK RULING AFFECTING CGL INSURERS

On November 17, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its Opinion in Yahoo, Inc. v. National Union Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA. This landmark decision affecting CGL insurers holds that class action complaints alleging violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), 42 U.S.C. § 227, are covered under a CGL policy’s “personal and advertising injury” coverage applicable to injury arising from the offense of “[o]ral or written publication, in any manner, of material that violates a person’s right of privacy.”

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