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Court grants, denies summary judgment in Travel Re-Insurance action

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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May 23 2012

Liberty Travel (and affiliated travel and leisure companies) and Travel Re-Insurance filed cross-motions for summary judgment on a dispute related in part to reinsurance of travel insurance products sold by Liberty to its customers

Court compels production of underwriting manuals; finds reinsurance documents generally irrelevant

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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May 8 2012

A dispute arose between the city of Warren, Michigan and several insurance companies regarding their duties to defend and indemnify with respect to a state court class action suit against the city

Court overturns denial of request for reinsurance-related records for jurisdictional reasons

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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May 7 2012

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued an opinion vacating Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records’ denial of a request for documents under the state’s Right-to-Know Law

Travelers and R&Q re settle reinsurance action related to asbestos claims

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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April 19 2012

Travelers and R&Q Reinsurance recently settled and agreed to voluntarily dismiss their ongoing dispute in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut

Court rejects repetitive challenge to class arbitration under Stolt-Nielsen

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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April 17 2012

After losing on essentially the same issue in an appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the defendants in an ongoing class arbitration Amerix Corporation and Genus Credit Management initiated an action on the eve of termination of the class arbitration attacking the propriety of class arbitration, alleging that the arbitrator was exceeding the scope of his authority as defined in Stolt-Nielsen and Concepcion

Ninth and Third Circuits hold that FAA preempts state unconscionability law per Concepcion

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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April 3 2012

Two US Courts of Appeals recently issued opinions bearing on the unconscionability of arbitration agreements

Florida appellate court rules extrinsic evidence appropriate to construe ambiguous reinsurance contract provision

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 21 2012

On an appeal arising out of a dispute regarding personal accident reinsurance for an aircraft, Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the trial court’s grant of summary judgment finding that the court should have considered extrinsic evidence in interpreting the policy

Sixth Circuit affirms grant of motion to strike class claims

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 20 2012

In affirming a decision to grant a defendant’s motion to strike class claims prior to any motion for class certification, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently demonstrated the potential benefits to defendants of challenging class certification early and aggressively

Ninth Circuit concludes AT&T v. Concepcion preempts California state law

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 19 2012

Plaintiffs brought a putative class action alleging violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law in connection with student loans

Travelers Casualty settles claims against two reinsurers

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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March 8 2012

Travelers Casualty agreed to settle its claims against two of a series of reinsurer defendants Factory Mutual and Arkwright Insurance

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