Employment practices liability insurance: selecting your law firm *

USA - April 2 2012
Some employers purchase employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) for employment law claims.

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Court rules that semicolon in statute means that force-placed insurance provision of RESPA is not yet effective *

USA - October 3 2011
In Williams v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, ruled that a semicolon contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act means that force-placed insurance provisions contained in the amendments to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”) are not yet in effect.

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Does your EPLI policy cover lawsuits brought by the EEOC? *

USA - October 3 2011
A federal court in Tennessee recently ruled that an employer’s employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) did not cover a $2.7 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by the EEOC.

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The Ninth Circuit analyzes procedure for review of arbitration awards and confirms that the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act is inapplicable to business purpose loans *

USA - March 7 2011
In Johnson v Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc, the Ninth Circuit addressed issues regarding a district court's review of an arbitration award, as well as the substantive merits of the plaintiff's Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") claims.

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Seventh Circuit applies Twombly, Iqbal and Erickson pleading requirements to Fair Housing Act claims *

USA - August 18 2010
In Swanson v. Citibank, N.A., 2010 WL 2977297 (7th Cir. May 26, 2010), the Seventh Circuit applied the pleading requirements under Twombly, Iqbal and Erickson to Fair Housing Act claims.

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