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Lawyers Professional Liability <br />Policy <br />Form No: G118011A (06-2015)Policy No: 5096501940 <br />Policy; Page: 8 of 16 Policy Effective Date: 09/19/2024 <br />Underwriting Company:Continental Casualty Company, 151 N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60606 Policy Page: 11 of 28 <br />© Copyright CNA All Rights Reserved. <br /> <br /> <br />“Personal injury” means an injury arising out of: false arrest, detention, or imprisonment; wrongful entry, or <br />eviction, or other invasion of the right of private occupancy; libel, slander, or other disparaging or <br />defamatory materials; a writing or saying in violation of an individu al’s right to privacy; malicious <br />prosecution or abuse of process. <br />"Policy period" means the period of time between the inception date and time shown in the Declarations <br />and the date and time of termination, expiration or cancellation of this Policy. <br />"Predecessor firm" means any sole proprietorship, partnership, professional corporation, professional <br />association, limited liability corporation or limited liability partnership engaged in legal services and: <br />A. to whose financial assets and liabilities the firm listed as the Named Insured in the Declarations is the <br />majority successor in interest; <br />B. of which the Named Insured retained 50% or more of the lawyers; or <br />C. was previously deemed to be a predecessor firm unde r the lawyers professional liability policy issued by <br />the Company immediately preceding this Policy. <br />“Principal Insured” means an Insured member of the board of managers, director, executive officer, natural <br />person partner, owner of a sole proprietorship, principal, risk manager or in-house general counsel of the <br />Named Insured. <br />"Prior insurer" means an insurer, including the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, <br />who has issued a lawyers professional liability insurance policy that is appli cable to a claim, such policy <br />having an inception date prior to the policy period. <br />“Privacy breach notice law” means any statute or regulation that requires an entity who is the custodian of <br />non-public personal information to provide notice to individuals of any actual or potential privacy breach <br />with respect to such non-public personal information. Privacy breach notice laws include Sections 1798.29 <br />and 1798.82-1798.84 of the California Civil Code (formerly S.B. 1386) and other similar laws in any <br />jurisdiction. <br />“Privacy claim” means a demand, including the service of suit or the institution of any alternative dispute <br />resolution proceeding, received by the Insured for money or services and alleging privacy injury and identity <br />theft that occurred in the rendering of legal services. <br />“Privacy injury and identity theft” means: <br />A. any unauthorized disclosure of, inability to access, or inaccuracy with respect to, non-public personal <br />information in violation of: <br />1. the Named Insured’s privacy policy; or <br />2. any federal, state, foreign or other law, statute or regulation governing the confidentiality, integrity <br />or accessibility of non-public personal information, including but not limited, to the Health Insurance <br />Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Gra mm-Leach-Bliley Act, Children's Online Privacy <br />Protection Act, or the EU Data Protection Act. <br />B. the Insured’s failure to prevent unauthorized access to confidential commercial information; <br />“Privacy policy” means the Named Insured’s policies in written or electronic form that: <br />A. govern the collection, dissemination, confidentiality, integrity, accuracy or availability of non-public <br />personal information; and <br />B. the Insured provides to its clients, customers, employees or others who provide the Insured with non- <br />public personal information. <br />“No Liability” means that with respect to an Insured who is the subject of a Disciplinary Proceeding, there <br />is a: <br />Docusign Envelope ID: D93C5068-8EF6-4BC9-8D5A-4D4FF1A6FBEF