Q1 2022 Legal Update | Modern Restaurant Management | The Business of Eating & Restaurant Management News

Pooja S. Nair, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP compiles recent legal news affecting the restaurant, food and beverage and hospitality industries for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine.LitigationInsurance Coverage for COVID Claims Largely Rejected by Appellate Courts: Throughout the country, appellate courts are reviewing insurance coverage lawsuits brought by restaurants who were forced to close due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdown orders. These restaurants brought claims for their commercial insurance carriers to cover pandemic losses, and the insurers argued that COVID losses are not physical losses and therefore not covered. By and large, district courts sided with the insurers, and appellate courts have affirmed these decisions, leaving little hope for restaurants in this area. Recent opinions in favor of insurance companies include a March 16, 2022 unpublished Ninth Circuit pane opinion in Steven Baker v. Oregon Mutual Insurance Co., 21-51097 and multiple…

Pooja S. Nair

A partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, Pooja S. Nair is a business litigator and problem solver with a focus on the food and beverage sector. She advises food and beverage clients, startups and other businesses on a comprehensive range of issues, including employment, trade secrets, partnership disputes, contract negotiations and intellectual property.

Nair focuses on finding creative, long-term solutions to the business problems affecting companies of all sizes, from startups to publicly traded entities. She combines litigation experience with a strategic perspective, so that legal decisions make sense on a business level.

Prior to joining ECJ, Nair practiced at TroyGould, where she was the head of the Food and Beverage practice group. She also spent five years at Foley & Lardner focused on white collar criminal defense and internal investigations.

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Pooja S. Nair