By: Julia Edwards Bobbitt, Darin Brooks, Gray Reed
After a company has been sued, its immediate next steps should be twofold: consult its lawyer and notify its insurance carrier. The carrier should pick up the defense and provide an attorney to represent the company for a claim covered by the applicable insurance policy. The company’s current lawyer’s (who knows the business and may already know the facts underlying the claims) involvement in that covered claim is now unclear.