Common use of Acknowledgement of Assignment Clause in Contracts

Acknowledgement of Assignment. Matters are assigned to the Firm through Citizens’ Enterprise Litigation Management System (“ELMS”), notifying the Firm via an automatically generated email to the Firm’s designated Lead Attorney on the matter. Prior to accepting any specific assignment, counsel must undertake reasonable and customary efforts to determine no actual or potential conflicts of interest exist that would bar counsel from representing Citizens or Citizens’ insureds. The Firm must accept or decline the assignment in the ELMS by selecting the appropriate radio button within two (2) days of receipt of the assignment. Acceptance of the assignment in the ELMS serves as the Firm’s acknowledgement the conflict check was completed. Therefore, an Acknowledgement Letter from the Firm to Citizens is unnecessary and not billable. In addition, if the case is a Third-party liability matter, the Firm shall contact the Insured/Defendant within three (3) business days of assignment and confirm in the ELMS that the Firm has contacted the Insured/Defendant.