“My father, despite being financially secure, cries poverty, and refuses to spend money for upkeep of our home. This behavior has gotten him and mom sued over their enormous tree that split … ...

Cases like this demonstrate the value of open communication with a policyholder via a reservation of rights letter. ... the existence of a reservation of rights letter is very important.

CLE Center offers The Definitive Reservation of Rights Checklist: 50 Things That Every ROR Letter Needs course for continuing legal education credits individually or part of a compliance bundle.

Ideally, reservation of rights can be obtained in a period of no longer than 15 days and trademark registration in a period that can range between four and six months. However, it may be the case that ...

Conflicts That Can Arise from a Reservation of Rights. ... Most states, like Texas, require a case-by-case examination of the facts and a showing of an actual, present conflict of interest.

At a tribal advisory council meeting, 58-year-old Annie Wauneka, the council’s first squaw, rose to ask if the 1968 Civil Rights Act forbade the tribe to banish unwanted whites from the reservation.