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NY court: insured may recover consequential damages absent insurer bad faith
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
On December 15, 2009, New York's Appellate Division for the First Department held that an insured need not allege or prove that its insurer acted in bad faith in order to recover consequential damages stemming from the insurer's breach of the policy
Unscrambling the Gramm-Leach-Bliley omelet
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, proposed on December 16, 2009 rebuilding the barriers separating commercial banks, investment banks and insurers established under the Depression Era Glass-Steagall Act
The healthcare reform debate December 21, 2009
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 21 2009
Healthcare reform efforts were marked with uncertainty and skepticism in the Senate last week, as Democratic leaders continued their scramble to reach a consensus on the controversial bill before Christmas
NERA’s 2009 year-end securities class action trends update
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 31 2009
NERA Economic Consulting has issued its report titled: "Recent Trends in Securities Class Action Litigation: 2009 Year-End Update" (the "NERA Year-End Update"
Court examines duty to defend funeral homes accused of participation in organ harvesting
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently examined whether an insurer must defend a crematorium and funeral home against several lawsuits alleging that they participated in an organ harvesting scheme
Partial repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act dropped from Senate Health Reform Bill
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 21 2009
Media reports indicate that Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical malpractice insurers, has been removed from the latest version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590
Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate December 29, 2009
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- December 29 2009
After a prolonged floor debate that kept Senators in session through weekends for 25 consecutive days, the Senate completed its work on healthcare reform legislation in the early morning hours on Christmas Eve
Broadcom settles options backdating securities class action
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 4 2010
On December 29, 2009, Broadcom announced that it had agreed in principle to pay $160.5 million to settle a securities class action pending in United States District Court for the Central District of California against the company and certain of its current and former officers and directors
Repeal of antitrust exemption gains traction as House and Senate Democrats reconcile healthcare reform bills
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 8 2010
U.S. House Representatives Peter DeFazio, (D-OR) and Gene Taylor (D-MS) drafted a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in support of repealing the antitrust exemption under the McCarran Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical liability insurers
Massachusetts Attorney General issues report stating managed competition of auto insurance has failed
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- January 8 2010
At the end of December 2009, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley released a comprehensive report criticizing Massachusetts managed competition system for the deregulation of auto insurance
