( October 28, 2025, 8:53 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority vacated a lower federal court’s dismissal of a law firm insured’s defense and indemnification claims against its professional liability insurer, reversed its denial of the insured’s motion for partial summary judgment as to the insurer’s duty to defend and remanded for the lower court to enter partial summary judgment in favor of the insured, finding that the insurer cannot defeat its duty to defend based on the policy’s misappropriation exclusion....