( December 8, 2023, 11:46 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 7 affirmed a district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings to an insurer seeking a declaration that it is not obligated to defend or indemnify a law firm and former partner accused of malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, elder abuse and fraud in an underlying suit related to a land sale to the former partner’s company, finding that the lower court correctly determined that the policy exclusion related to activities of another business applied....