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Experts See Many Reasons for an Increase in Litigation This Year

Litigation Partner Lauren R. Mendolera was recently profiled in a Rochester Business Journal article about trends in litigation. In the article, published March 5, 2025, Lauren addressed litigation trends around trade secret, IP, non-compete, shareholder, data privacy and security disputes, and an increase in insurance coverage disputes.

“I think part of that is because insurance premiums are on the rise, so people have more of a tendency to sue their insurance companies when something isn’t covered because they feel like they’ve been paying sometimes for years for coverage that they thought they understood and perhaps didn’t understand or what they thought was covered wasn’t covered,” she said. “When they bring that to court, and it’s litigated it tends to be heavily favoring on the insured side.”

To view the full article on Rochester Business Journal‘s website, click here.

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