Maryland just handed down a duty-to-defend advertising-injury case, Maryland Casualty Company v. Blackstone International Ltd. (Md. 2015). CGL insurer does not need to defend a breach of contract claim where plaintiff seeks a share of the profit/equity in a joint venture and the allegedly stolen advertising ideas/work product was used to benefit that venture but the use of those ideas did not directly harm plaintiff. I hate it when people discuss a case’s facts and include ev