Judy Selby

Judy Selby has more than 20 years of experience in large scale first- and third-party complex insurance coverage matters, providing a full range of services from opinion work, claims counseling, broker liability, settlement negotiations, arbitration and all phases of litigation. She also has given presentations about U.S. insurance coverage litigation to international insurance companies, lectured on the Bermuda Form insurance policy and publishes frequently on cyber insurance for data breaches. She also has successfully negotiated insurance coverage for class action lawsuits, avoiding the need for litigation.

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Data Valuation – Worth Zero or Trillions?

By Judy Selby on Posted in Big Data, Information Governance, Internet of Things
Almost every entity is, or is becoming, a digital enterprise. Today’s information economy mandates nothing less. Entities are making tremendous investments in order to exploit the vast amounts of data – Big Data – that are constantly being generated by the Internet of Things (IoT), social media platforms, websites, and other sources. As confirmed by … Continue Reading

The FTC Weighs In on Big Data

By Judy Selby on Posted in Uncategorized
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new Report on Big Data, entitled “Big Data:  A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues,” to provide guidance to companies about their Big Data practices. While acknowledging the numerous issues associated with the use of Big Data, the FTC explicitly limited its focus to … Continue Reading

Do Cyber Insurers Care about Information Governance?

By Judy Selby on Posted in Cyber Insurers, Data Breaches, Information Governance
As we welcome in 2016, awareness of the variety of information-related risks confronting today’s enterprises, and the availability of insurance covering those risks, is at an all-time high.  High-profile data breaches caused by hackers and negligent or non-compliant employees, ransomware attacks, and social engineering scams have motivated many companies to transfer some of their cyber … Continue Reading

The FTC Weighs In on Big Data

By Judy Selby on Posted in Big Data, FTC
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new Report on Big Data, entitled “Big Data:  A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues,” to provide guidance to companies about their Big Data practices. While acknowledging the numerous issues associated with the use of Big Data, the FTC explicitly limited its focus to … Continue Reading

Do Cyber Insurers Care about Information Governance?

By Judy Selby on Posted in Uncategorized
As we welcome in 2016, awareness of the variety of information-related risks confronting today’s enterprises, and the availability of insurance covering those risks, is at an all-time high.  High-profile data breaches caused by hackers and negligent or non-compliant employees, ransomware attacks, and social engineering scams have motivated many companies to transfer some of their cyber … Continue Reading

Rising up from the Trenches: Ninth Circuit Broadly Interprets Breach of Contract Exclusion in Trademark Infringement Case

By Judy Selby and C. Zachary Rosenberg on Posted in Uncategorized
On May 23, 2014, the Ninth Circuit upheld a California district court decision that broadly interpreted the breach of contract exclusion in a commercial general liability policy to preclude coverage for all personal and advertising injury having even a minimal factual connection or incidental relationship to a breach of contract.  Trenches Inc. v. Hanover Ins. Co., … Continue Reading

Prior Publication Exclusion Bars Coverage for Advertising Injury Claims, Despite Continued Advertisement of Additional Allegedly Infringing Products

By Judy Selby on Posted in Uncategorized
Although the sale of its Navajo product line constituted “personal and advertising injury” within the meaning of its liability insurance policies, Urban Outfitters was not entitled to defense or indemnity for claims brought by the Navajo Nation Indian tribe because of the policies’ “prior publication” or “first publication” exclusions.  Hanover Insurance Co. v. Urban Outfitters, … Continue Reading
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