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Court allows insurer to retain premium in a STOLI case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

In PHL Variable Insurance Company v. The P. Bowie 2008 Irrevocable Trust (May 13, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

With securities case dismissal, another loss in the southern district for LIBOR plaintiffs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

On Monday, Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin dismissed the entire suit in Gusinsky v. Barclays, without leave to amend and with

Recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling highlights the importance of carefully crafting remedies clauses in commercial leases

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision in 275 Washington Street Corp., Trustee v. Hudson River International, LLC, SJC-11217 (April 30

Delaware Chancery Court rules that a reverse triangular merger does not trigger consent requirement under non-assignment provision

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

A recent ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court holds that the reverse triangular merger structure avoids the consent requirements of non-assignment

Recent developments in wage and hour law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

March was another busy month in the world of wage and hour law. In our continuing efforts to keep our clients and friends apprised of recent

Massachusetts High Court holds that title insurers do not have broad duty to defend counterclaims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recently held that where title insurers pursue litigation to cure defects to a title, they do not have a

The Seventh Circuit bars malpractice coverage for an insured law firm despite the firm’s subjective belief that it represented its client correctly

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In Koransky, Bouwer & Poracky, P.C. v. The Bar Plan Mutual Ins. Co., No. 12-1579 (7th Cir. Apr. 2, 2013), the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary

Supreme Court punts on deciding validity of pick-off strategy in FLSA collective actions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

On April 16, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Genesis Healthcare Corp. et al. v. Symczyk, a collective action brought under

Preparing for contingent business interruption claims in the wake of Superstorm Sandy

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

The sheer amount of physical damage caused by what was left of Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012, is difficult

Losing a trademark under naked licensing law

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

A licensing agreement in itself offers no guarantee of saving a trademark from the risk of abandonment. The licence must include specific quality