John E. Black, Jr.

• Stratford Ins. Co. v. Allied World National Assurance Co., No. 2017 CH 16856 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cty., Ill. Feb. 20, 2019). Won judgment on the pleadings in dispute between two claims-made insurers over coverage for defense and settlement based on the court’s finding that police officer’s claims against his employer for wrongful termination and racial discrimination were not first made during our client’s policy period.
• Verdun et al. v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., No. 2:17-CV-11254 (E.D. Mich Aug. 27, 2018). Won motion for judgment on the pleadings finding claim against private company CEO was not covered because it was made against him in his capacity as owner, not CEO, and claim against company was barred by contractual liability exclusion.
• Hendricks v. Novae Corporate Underwriting, Ltd., No. 13 C 5422, 2016 WL 397286 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 1, 2016), No. 13 C 5422, 2015 WL 1842227 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 21, 2015). Obtained summary judgment finding no coverage for insured’s $5.12 million no-recourse settlement, consent judgment and assignment of rights.

Publications & PRESENTATIONS

• Non-Cyber Line of Coverage, Evolution of Cyber Coverage, and Interplay Among Lines, PLUS Cyber University, February 2024, March & September 2023, February & September 2022, August 2021, August 2020, August 2019, Moderator and Panelist.
• The State of Play: The Intersection of Cyber Risks, Government Regulators, War and Criminals, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, September 2022, Moderator and Panelist.
• Cyber Liability and Cyber Insurance, PLUS University, August 2019, Moderator and Panelist.
• Cyber Liability, PLUS University, August 2018, Moderator and Panelist.
• Evolving Cyber Risk – An Insurance Perspective, Windy City Summit, May 23, 2018, Moderator and Panelist.
• Cyber Roundtable, PLUS Webinar, April 25, 2018, Moderator and Panelist.
• Privacy Developments: Private Litigation, Enforcement Actions, and Settlements, The Business Lawyer, Winter 2017-2018, Co-Author.
• Emerging Trends as Cyber Insurance Comes of Age, Cyber Security Practitioner, February 2017, Co-Author.
• CLE Presentation: Cyber Risk Insurance: Exposures and Claim Trends, 2017, Co-Presenter.
• Privacy Developments: Private Litigation, Enforcement Actions, Legislation, and Administrative Actions, The Business Lawyer, Winter 2016-2017, Co-Author.
• The Sharing Economy: A New Frontier in Management Liability?, July 2016.
• “Who Am I Talking To?”— The Regulation of Voice Data Collected by Connected Consumer Products, Business Law Today, American Bar Association, May 2016, Co-Author.
• The Breaches are Getting Bigger; The Devices are Getting Smaller, Midwest PLUS Chapter, 2015, Panelist.
• Trends in Privacy and Insurance, CPCU West Suburban Chapter, 2015, Presenter.
• Awake at Night: Cyberbreaches and the New Risk to Directors and Officers, IRMI, October 2014, Co-Author.
• Cyber Security & Data Breaches: The Big New Exposure for Ds & Os?, 2014 PLUS International Conference, Las Vegas, 2014, Moderator and Panelist.
• Developments in Data Security Breach Liability, 69 Bus. Law 199-207, November 2013, Author.
• Privacy Liability and Insurance Developments in 2012, J. Internet L., March 2013, Author.
• D&O Litigation Trends in 2012, February 2013, Author.
• Near Field Communications and Mobile Payments – A Guide for Lawyers, Information Security Chapter, A.B.A., 2013, Co-Author.
• Issues of Privacy Liability and Insurance for Small Businesses, CPCU West Suburban Chapter, 2013, Presenter.
• Revised Internet Law for the Business Lawyer, Information Security Chapter, A.B.A., 2d ed. 2012, Co-Author. 

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