Krause v. Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Development Consortium, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the underlying complaint alleged that insured “engaged in and orchestrated a scheme to damage and injure [competitor] by spreading false rumors regarding one of [competitor’s] licensees,” including by making specific reference to that licensee
• awarding attorney fees only after addressing parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and ruling in favor of plaintiff
• “HPC claims Bootleg was a viable tenant and they expected Bootleg to continue rent and CAM payments through the end of its lease.”
• allegation in underlying complaint asserting that the insured spread false rumors about the underlying plaintiff’s licensee were not tied to intellectual property rights, and the intellectual property exclusion did not bar coverage
• awarding attorney’s fees after granting plaintiff summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).