( October 13, 2025, 2:48 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 10 affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of a professional liability insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify an attorney and law firm for an underlying legal malpractice lawsuit, finding that the underlying conflict of interest claims do not fall under the policy’s misappropriation exclusion and, therefore, the insurer must defend the entire underlying action....