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Court denies Wells Fargo’s motion to dismiss on statute of limitations grounds

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2010

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently granted in part and denied in part motions to dismiss a class action brought by a class of purchasers of mortgage pass-through certificates

Federal judge issues default against Chinese drywall manufacturer

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 29 2009

A federal judge in New Orleans has defaulted a defendant, Taishan Gypsum Company, in a products liability class action lawsuit

Former Tyco director settles with pension fund in opt-out action

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2010

In 2002, Tyco became embroiled in a well-publicized scandal arising out of alleged corporate looting by the company’s top management

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

Virginia issues guidance on information security program requirement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance (the "Bureau") recently issued a bulletin to provide guidance on the development and implementation of privacy safeguards to all insurers, health service plans, health maintenance organizations, surplus lines brokers and other interested parties

BP update: breakdown of Gulf Coast Claims Facility claim payments

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2010

The Gulf Coast Claims Facility ("GCCF") has issued a report containing updated data on claims payments made as of November 17, 2010

Lloyds TSB Bank settles with OFAC

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2009

On December 22, 2009, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the settlement of apparent violations by Lloyds TSB Bank of OFAC regulations relating to Iran, Sudan and Libya

PCI compliance survey finds companies need improvement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The Ponemon Institute recently published a survey on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") compliance

Georgia Supreme Court holds insurer not entitled to safe harbor jury instruction where it conditioned tender of policy limits

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2010

The Georgia Supreme Court recently remanded a case alleging an insurer's bad-faith failure to settle based upon the fact that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that where a claimant's demand is conditioned upon the response of another insurance company, the insurer's offer of its policy limits fulfills its duty to its insured

Connecticut Appellate Court affirms summary judgment holding that insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in negligence claim brought by stabbing victim

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2010

The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment holding that an insurance company had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in a negligence action brought by a women who was stabbed twenty-four times by the insured