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Third Circuit revives limited portions of in re: insurance brokerage antitrust litigation (MDL 1663)
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- USA
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- August 18 2010
Nearly three years after a federal district court dismissed with prejudice a nationwide class action alleging antitrust and RICO claims against insurers and brokers in connection with contingent commission arrangements, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a limited swath of plaintiffs' claims
New Senate bill introduced that will expand authority of the Federal Trade Commission to monitor insurers
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- USA
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- August 5 2010
On August 2, 2010, United States Senators Mark Pryor (Ark.-D) and John D. Rockefeller IV (W.V.-D) introduced the Insurance Competition and Transparency Act of 2010 (S. 3685), which will remove restrictions on the Federal Trade Commission’s (the “FTC”) authority to review market activity in the insurance industry. S. 3685 was referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance
Presentation by Eithne McCarthy - the new Insurance Block Exemption Regulation
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- USA
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- April 22 2010
Eithne McCarthy, from the Financial Services Unit of the European Commission's Competition Directorate General (DG Comp), made a presentation on the new Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (BER) to the Law Society's Competition Section on 13 April 2010
House introduces health insurance bill to repeal antitrust exemption
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- USA
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- February 24 2010
On Monday, February 22, Representatives Tom Perriello (D-Va.) and Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) introduced H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act antitrust exemption for the business of health insurance
Connecticut jury awards $14.7 million against insurer for violation of Unfair Trade Practices Act in auto body shop class action lawsuit
- Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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- USA
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- February 8 2010
In a class action lawsuit brought by various auto body shops and the Auto Body Association of Connecticut, a Connecticut jury recently rendered a $14.7 million verdict against an insurance company for allegedly violating the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act
Repeal of antitrust exemption gains traction as House and Senate Democrats reconcile healthcare reform bills
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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
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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
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Insurance & Reinsurance
- Workarea - Competition
- Firm Name - Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Author - Victoria Anderson
- Author - Brian Green