Jackson Harris represents insurers incomplex coverage litigation and advises on coverage issues and claims strategy, with a particular focus on cyber, media liability, technology errors andomissions, and commercial general liability insurance. He has successfully litigated significant coverage disputes in state and federal courts, including matters involving novel issues and substantial financial exposure.
Jackson combines rigorous coverage analysis and effective advocacy with responsive, actionable advice informed byan understanding of insurers' business objectives and operational realities.
His approach is shaped in part by his experience as in-house counsel for a leading global insurer, where he spearheaded legal reviews of business-critical AI platforms for core insurance functions, including underwriting and claims. He also negotiated AI-related vendor agreements, advised on AI regulation and enterprise governance, engaged with industry trade groups on emerging AI issues, and counseled stakeholders ondata, digital, cybersecurity, and privacy matters. This experience gives Jackson first hand insight into insurers' operations, the emerging AI risklandscape, and the practical challenges of managing technology-related risks.
Earlier in his career, Jackson represented clients in complex commercial litigation involving contract disputes, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, civil RICO, and other business tort claims. He draws on this experience in coverage litigation and when evaluating the merits, potential exposure, and litigation risks of underlying claims.
· Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US)
· Secured summary judgment forinsurers in an eight-figure coverage dispute arising from an $85 million privacy class action settlement, prevailing on novel coverage arguments. ZoomVideo Communications, Inc. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, 2024 WL2108457 (Cal. Super. Ct. May 9, 2024).
· Represented primary and excess insurers in high-stakes federal coverage litigation, successfully obtaining ordefeating dispositive motions. See, e.g., StarStone v. McCanick, No.1:20-cv-00713 (N.D. Ga.) (obtaining summary judgment for an excess general liability insurer in a fatal shooting coverage dispute).
· Secured dismissal of federal antitrust and RICO claims and successfully defended the judgment before the Eleventh Circuit, obtaining a published decision clarifying the law onantitrust standing. Also opposed the plaintiff's unsuccessful petition for certiorari. Feldman v. American Dawn, Inc., 849 F.3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2017), cert. denied.
· Obtained dismissal of corporate waste and breach of fiduciary duty claims, as well as alter ego liability theories, asserted by a bankruptcy trustee against a former officer of arestaurant franchising enterprise.
· Secured interlocutory appellate review while defending an attorney malpractice action and defeated interlocutory appellate review in an eminent domain business damages dispute, contributing to favorable settlements in both matters, including a seven-figure recovery for his client in the latter.
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