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  • November 3, 2020 — Franklin | Soto LLP obtained partial summary judgment in favor of The Crosby Estate at Rancho Santa Fe Master Association in a civil action against Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company pending in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California — Case No. 19-cv-2369-WQH-NLS.  District Judge William Hayes granted summary judgment in The Crosby Estate’s favor on two causes of action for breach of contract and one cause of action for declaratory relief, holding that Ironshore (1) breached its duty to defend in connection with a 2018 lawsuit filed against its insured, The Crosby Estate; and (2) breached its Directors & Officers Liability policy by requiring the insured to satisfy a $50,000 retention as a condition of the policy’s duty-to-defend coverage.

  • December 7, 2017  — Franklin | Soto LLP partners Josh Franklin and Cheryl Soto deliver presentation — “Navigating the Labyrinth of Cyber Insurance” — at Association of International Certified Professional Accountants’ 2017 Construction and Real Estate Conference at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • November 30, 2017 — Franklin | Soto LLP obtains unanimous decision from the California Court of Appeal affirming trial court’s ruling that Mary Furman is entitled to 100 percent of proceeds from her deceased brother’s group life insurance policy issued under the Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance Act of 1965.  In re Marriage of Steiner (Furman v. Steiner), Case No. D071155 (Nov. 30, 2017).

  • April 10, 2017 – Franklin | Soto LLP Partner Josh Franklin recognized as one of 100 attorneys in San Diego Business Journal’s 2017 “Best of the Bar” list.  SDBJ 2017 “Best of the Bar” List

  • October 17, 2016 – Franklin | Soto LLP Partner Josh Franklin to speak at San Diego County Bar Association MCLE Program — “Nightmares on Cyber Street: Recent Developments in Data Privacy Litigation and Cyber Insurance Coverage.” Link to Nightmares on Cyber Street: Recent Developments in Data Privacy Litigation and Cyber Insurance Coverage

  • March 10, 2016 – Franklin | Soto LLP Partners Josh Franklin and Cheryl Soto interviewed regarding Cyber Insurance on Real Talk San Diego – Link to Podcast of Interview

  • September 30, 2021 – Franklin | Soto LLP obtained summary adjudication on the issue of whether Camico Mutual Insurance Company breached its duty to defend under an Accountants Professional Liability Policy.  Camico denied coverage for a professional negligence suit and related arbitration proceeding brought by multiple claimants against its insureds on the basis of a single exclusion barring coverage for any “Claim” brought by an entity managed, controlled, or operated by an insured.  Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Christoper Rudy held that because the exclusion relied upon by Camico did not negate coverage for all causes of action asserted in the underlying proceedings, including an individual’s professional negligence claim against the insured accounting firm, Camico breached its duty to defend.
  • January 6, 2022 – Franklin | Soto LLP defeated a motion for partial summary judgment brought by Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California — Case No. 19-cv-2369-WQH-NLS.  In a previous ruling, U.S. District Judge William Hayes held that Ironshore breached its duty to defend.  Ironshore’s motion sought to (1) preclude recovery of a settlement reached by the insured following Ironshore’s breach of the duty to defend; (2) preclude recovery of defense costs incurred following an amendment of the underlying complaint on the ground that the amendment extinguished Ironshore’s duty to defend; and (3) limit the insured’s contractual damages to the remaining limits available under the insured’s Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers Liability policy.  Judge Hayes denied Ironshore’s motion in its entirety.