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Chinese drywall first bellwether trial ongoing

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2010

The first federal trial in the nationwide Chinese drywall controversy began on February 19th, 2010 in New Orleans and is ongoing

Florida Supreme Court considering question of rental car company vicarious liability

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2010

On March 1, 2010, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument in Rafael Vargas v. Enterprise Leasing Company, et al., SC08-2269

Senate financial reform bill to be unveiled Monday; bipartisan negotiations fall apart

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2010

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) announced Thursday morning that he will release his updated financial regulatory reform bill on Monday

California fingerprint requirement updated as of March 1, 2010

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

The California Department of Insurance no longer requires fingerprints from non-resident individuals that have been fingerprinted in their resident state in connection with applying for an insurance producer license

NY court: insured may recover consequential damages absent insurer bad faith

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Chinese drywall - second bellwether trial complete

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

As reported here, the first federal trial in the nationwide Chinese drywall controversy began on February 19th, 2010 in New Orleans, La

Massachusetts health insurers sue over rejected rate increases

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans have sued the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) after the DOI's decision last week to reject most proposed rate increases for small businesses for the current calendar quarter

Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s vacatur of arbitration award

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2010

Zev Lagstein, M.D. filed a claim for benefits under a disability policy issued by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London (“Lloyd’s”) after he developed heart disease and other ailments

Life insurer use of retained asset accounts under fire by state attorneys general

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

Spurred by media reports alleging deception by some life insurers in their use of retained asset accounts for disbursing death benefits to the beneficiaries of fallen United States military personnel and the apparent lack of oversight by federal and state regulators, New York Attorney General, and gubernatorial hopeful, Andrew Cuomo has issued subpoenas to leading life insurers regarding their alleged "reaping of hundreds of millions in secret profits while misleading families into putting benefits into insurer controlled, low yield, potentially risky accounts."