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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brings civil action against former New Century executives

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 6 2010

On December 7, 2009, the SEC charged three former executives of New Century Financial Corporation with securities fraud

Virginia new medical information data breach law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 14 2010

The Commonwealth of Virginia recently enacted a law requiring notice of data breaches involving medical information

New York State Court denies motion to compel discovery of reinsurance and reserve information

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2010

In Mt. McKinley Ins. Co. v. Corning Inc., 2010 NY Slip Op 20235 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 14, 2010), an insured (“Corning”) moved to compel discovery of reinsurance and reserve information from its insurers, arguing that this information was relevant, material and necessary to its coverage claim

Texas moves closer to banning use of discretionary clauses in insurance contracts

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2010

The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has officially proposed regulations banning the use of discretionary clauses in insurance contracts

Lloyd’s syndicates file declaratory judgment action against BP

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2010

On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico touched off a subsurface leak in a BP oil well at the ocean's floor

Federal court rules no coverage for Chinese drywall damages under homeowner’s policy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2010

On June 3, 2010 Judge Robert G. Doumar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that a homeowner’s policy did not cover damages associated with Chinese manufactured drywall

BP Deepwater Horizon: geographic test to determine claim eligibility deemed unwarranted

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 26 2010

Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF"), announced that geographic proximity to the BP Deepwater Horizon incident would not preclude a legitimate individual or business claim

Liability insurer seeks declaration of no coverage in school laptop monitoring case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 27 2010

An insurer that issued a school district liability policy to the Lower Merion School District has filed a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that a recent privacy-related civil rights lawsuit against the school district is not covered by the policy

U.S. lawsuits based upon foreign toxic tort liability: a growing threat?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2010

In July 2009 in New Castle County in the State of Delaware, three separate plaintiffs filed civil suits against E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc. (“DuPont”) alleging that their work at a DuPont textile plant in Mercedes, Argentina from 1961 to 2002 caused them to be exposed to and inhale asbestos fibers

Fifth Circuit compels arbitration, holding that parties clearly intended arbitrator to decide issues of arbitrability

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 22 2010

Plaintiffs purchased disability insurance from First American National, which later became known as defendant Regions Bank ("Regions"