{"id":2000879,"date":"2023-08-15T03:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-loses-bid-to-recoup-15-million-in-legal-fees-after-race-based-admission-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T03:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T07:49:46","slug":"harvard-loses-bid-to-recoup-15-million-in-legal-fees-after-race-based-admission-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-loses-bid-to-recoup-15-million-in-legal-fees-after-race-based-admission-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard fails to recover $15M legal fees in race-based admission case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharvard-loses-bid-to-recoup-15-million-in-legal-fees-after-race-based-admission-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Harvard\u2064 University&#8217;s Insurance \u200dProvider Refuses\u2063 to Cover $15 Million in Legal Fees<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200c a disappointing ruling, the First Circuit Court\u2063 of Appeals \u200chas\u200b determined that \u200dHarvard University&#8217;s secondary insurance provider is not obligated\u2064 to\u200b cover $15 million in \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-senator-files-kyles-law-to-hold-malicious-prosecutors-accountable-compensate-victims\/\" title=\"Oklahoma Senator Files \u2018Kyle\u2019s Law\u2019 To Hold \u2018Malicious\u2019 Prosecutors Accountable, Compensate Victims\">legal fees incurred<\/a> during\u2063 the school&#8217;s defense of its use of racial preference in admissions.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2014, Harvard purchased an excess insurance policy with Zurich American Insurance \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-loses-bid-to-recoup-15-million-in-legal-fees-after-race-based-admission-case\/\" title=\"Harvard fails to recover M legal fees in race-based admission case.\">cover legal fees exceeding  million<\/a>. However,\u200b the \u200bpolicy had a limit of $15 million \u2062and only covered claims made between November\u2063 1, 2014,\u2062 and \u2064November 1, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u200c the policy&#8217;s terms\u200b and conditions, Harvard \u2062was required to formally \u2064notify Zurich about its legal \u2063claims within 90 days after surpassing the \u200b$25 million cap in order for the\u200d secondary policy to take effect. \u2063Unfortunately, \u200cHarvard failed to\u2064 provide written notice to Zurich\u2064 until \u2062May 2017, well past the 90-day\u200d window that \u2064closed in January 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/elite-universities-strategize-to-maintain-diversity-in-admissions-despite-supreme-court-ruling-5434109\">Elite Universities\u200d Strategize to Maintain\u200b Diversity in Admissions Despite \u200bSupreme Court Ruling<\/a> &#8211; 8\/4\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-admin-opens-investigation-into-harvards-legacy-admissions-polices-5421899\">Biden Admin \u200dOpens Investigation \u200bInto Harvard&#8217;s Legacy \u2062Admissions Polices<\/a> &#8211; \u20627\/25\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/lawmakers-aim-to-end-legacy-admissions-tying-issue-to-race-5427076\">Lawmakers Aim to\u2064 End Legacy Admissions, Tying Issue to Race<\/a> &#8211; 7\/27\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/military-academy-chiefs-grilled-over-race-based-admissions-dei-programs-5410399\">Military \u2062Academy Chiefs Grilled Over Race-Based Admissions, DEI Programs<\/a> &#8211; 7\/20\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harvard took legal action against Zurich in 2021 after the insurance company refused to cover the legal fees associated with the \u200cStudents for Fair Admissions (SFFA) case. \u2062Harvard argued that Zurich should have \u200cbeen aware of\u2063 the \u2062pending lawsuit due to extensive media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a unanimous decision on August 8, a three-judge panel at the First Circuit upheld a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-to-hear-appeal-over-ky-abortion-law\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to hear appeal over Ky. abortion law\">lower court ruling<\/a> in \u200bfavor of Zurich. The\u200d panel stated\u200d that\u200d Harvard&#8217;s\u200b failure to provide timely\u200b notice as required\u2063 by the policy&#8217;s terms\u2064 and conditions forfeited\u2063 its right to coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Consequently, Zurich had \u200cevery right to\u2064 deny coverage based on\u2062 lack\u200c of timely notice,&#8221; wrote Circuit Judge Bruce Selya, a Harvard Law\u200d alum, on behalf of the panel of judges.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The panel also rejected Harvard&#8217;s argument for an\u2064 &#8220;actual notice&#8221; \u2063exception, accusing the school of &#8220;gaslighting.&#8221; Judge Selya emphasized the importance of deadlines in \u200ca claims-based policy like this, stating that\u2063 enforcing the notice requirement promotes fairness in rate setting.<\/p>\n<p>The appeals \u200dcourt explained that a claims-made policy aims to minimize \u2062the time\u2062 between a\u2062 claim being made and the payment. If an \u200dinsurer is unaware of a claim until years later,\u2063 the purpose of insuring claims rather\u200c than occurrences is \u200dundermined.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s opinion emphasized that in Massachusetts, notice\u200b provisions of claims-made\u2064 policies are essential and intended to facilitate investigations into \u2063claims and promote fairness in rate \u2063setting.<\/p>\n<h2>9-Year Legal \u2062Battle<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2063dispute \u2063over Harvard&#8217;s \u200badmissions \u2063policy\u200d began in 2014 when the \u2064SFFA, representing a coalition of students who claimed discrimination\u200d based\u200c on their Asian ancestry, \u2063filed a \u2062lawsuit. In 2020,\u200c the Court of Appeals \u200bfor \u200dthe 1st Circuit upheld a lower court \u2064decision \u200dthat Harvard&#8217;s consideration of \u200crace in its admissions process is not discriminatory. This prompted the SFFA \u200bto take the legal battle \u200cto the\u2064 U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 a significant ruling this June, \u200dthe Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for colleges and\u200c universities to use race as a factor in\u200b admissions decisions. Chief \u2064Justice John Roberts,\u200c writing for the conservative-leaning majority, criticized institutions that prioritize an individual&#8217;s skin color over their achievements\u200d and character.<\/p>\n<p>Justice\u200d Sonia Sotomayor dissented, expressing concerns about the future of racial equality in the United States and criticizing\u200d her conservative colleagues for promoting a\u2064 &#8220;superficial rule of colorblindness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University&#8217;s secondary insurer is not required to pay $15 million in legal fees for the school&#8217;s unsuccessful defense of using racial preference in admissions, according to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. 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