Locke Lord LLP | USA | 24 May 2016
An integral part of the relationship between the reinsurer and cedant is that the reinsurer be permitted access to the ceding company's books and…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 8 Apr 2016
In connection with publication of final regulations (the Rule) on the definition of "fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 22 Jul 2013
In March 2005, the federal district court in Puerto Rico entered a $6 million judgment for a personal injury plaintiff. In late September 2005, the…
Locke Lord LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Mar 2013
The March 2013 pooling of Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") debentures was priced at 2.351%. This most recent semi-annual pricing of SBIC…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 4 Jan 2013
On September 19, 2012, members of the Public Finance Department of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP released a Client Advisory describing a report of the…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 23 Dec 2011
On December 12, 2011, the Illinois Department of Insurance issued a revised bulletin (the “Bulletin”) regarding the use of retained asset accounts by life insurance companies.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 14 Dec 2011
On January 31, 2011, President Obama announced an initiative called “Start-up America,” which is a program designed to promote high-growth entrepreneurship in the United States.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 28 Oct 2011
On October 25, 2011, the House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity held a hearing entitled “Insurance Oversight: Policy Implications for U.S. Consumers, Businesses and Jobs, Part 2.”
Locke Lord LLP | United Kingdom | 27 Oct 2011
In the recent case of R (on the application of Stewart Ford) v FSA [2011] EWHC 2583, Mr Justice Burnett considered the criteria for establishing joint interest legal privilege.
Locke Lord LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Oct 2011
In the case of Harrison & ANOR v Black Horse [2011] EWCA Civ 1128 it was held that a lender's failure to disclose to borrowers that it received commission for selling them payment protection insurance did not amount to unfairness under s.140A and s.140B Consumer Credit Act 1974 (the Act).