JD Supra

Prior Knowledge Exclusion Bars Coverage Because Failure to Comply With Statute of Limitations Could Reasonably Be Expected to Be the Basis of a Claim

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, applying Georgia law, has held that a prior knowledge exclusion bars coverage as a matter of law because the insured should have known ...
EurekAlert!

Uncovering the effects of prior knowledge on learning and memory in bird experts

The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded a team of scientists at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) a prestigious grant to determine why having prior knowledge on a topic ...
JD Supra

A Hollywood Illustration of the Prior Knowledge Exclusion in Claims-Made Insurance Policies

The “prior knowledge exclusion” is an important provision to understand in the world of claims-made insurance policies. A typical prior knowledge exclusion specifies that the policy may provide ...
Education Week

Teachers Are Told to ‘Activate Prior Knowledge.’ Here’s How That Works in Reading

When students are reading something new, teachers often try to get them to draw on their prior knowledge to help them understand the text in front of them. Doing this can help kids make sense of ideas ...