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6/30/2009 8:50:38 PM EST
Tom Hagy
Posted by Tom Hagy
Publisher, HB Litigation Conferences
Based on attendance and buzz at recent legal education programs, mass tort, construction defect and, of course, insurance attorneys will be busy for some time litigatin ...
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6/29/2009 1:55:05 PM EST
Robert Wallan
Posted by Robert Wallan
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Data security breaches are a real threat in today’s computer-dependent work environment. Security breaches via hacking, unauthorized internal access, and the inadvertent disclosure of pe ...
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6/24/2009 1:58:05 PM EST
Barry Zalma
Posted by Barry Zalma
Attorney and Consultant
I am pleased to hear that Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recognize that fraud is taking a great deal of money out of government programs. Perhaps somed ...
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6/24/2009 11:28:42 AM EST
Gayle Athanacio, Steve Frankel, Ron Kent
Posted by Gayle Athanacio, Steve Frankel, Ron Kent
Partners, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
In a recent highly anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court unanimously held that life insurance is neither a "good" nor a "service" w ...
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6/22/2009 11:55:38 AM EST
Randy J. Maniloff
Posted by Randy J. Maniloff
partner, White and Williams LLP
Immediately after President Obama announced that he had tapped Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill Justice Souter’s soon-to-be-vacant seat on the Supreme Court, all eyes turned to the Judge’s record.& ...
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6/18/2009 2:03:38 PM EST
Barry Zalma
Posted by Barry Zalma
Attorney and Consultant
Culver City CA – The vast majority of insurance fraud is perpetrated against insurance companies. However, as the economy becomes weaker and it becomes more difficult for insurers to make a profit, insurance ...
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6/22/2009 1:15:28 PM EST
InsureReinsure
Posted by InsureReinsure
The Insurance & Reinsurance Blog
Aon recently released an updated “Terrorism Threat Map” in which it indicates the current threat of terrorist attacks across the world ...
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6/15/2009 4:54:07 PM EST
William F.
Posted by William F. "Chip" Merlin, Jr.
Managing Partner, Merlin Law Group
What is the value of insurance if it does not pay for insured losses? Imagine if you had a significant accidental water damage to your home or business, do you know whether your insurance comp ...
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6/12/2009 2:39:11 PM EST
InsureReinsure
Posted by InsureReinsure
The Insurance & Reinsurance Blog
On May 20, 2009, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum addressing the limitations of federal preemption of state laws. The memorandum ordered federal departments and agencies to revi ...
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6/11/2009 8:45:47 AM EST
Henry (Hank) Stern
Posted by Henry (Hank) Stern
independent insurance agent
In an online forum to which both Bob and I contribute, there's an on-going discussion regarding my < ...
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6/10/2009 3:25:51 PM EST
Julie Mix McPeak
Posted by Julie Mix McPeak
Counsel, Burr & Forman, LLP
Refusing to leave the question of regulatory jurisdiction over equity indexed annuities to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the National Association of Insurance Commis ...
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6/10/2009 2:21:43 PM EST
Tred R. Eyerly
Posted by Tred R. Eyerly
attorney, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
Senior Judge Senter from the Southern District of Mississippi continues to be on the front lines of the Katrina insurance coverage battles. In a case headed for trial, Judge Senter recent ...
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6/9/2009 1:59:57 AM EST
InsureReinsure
Posted by InsureReinsure
The Insurance & Reinsurance Blog
New Jersey State Senator Nia H. Gill has introduced Senate Bill 2766 into the New Jersey State Senate to temporarily prohibit the use of credit-based insurance scoring by property-casualty ins ...
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6/10/2009 8:53:16 AM EST
Michael Pollack
Posted by Michael Pollack
of counsel, Cascino Vaughan Law Offices, Ltd.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a $130,725.63 judgment against National States Insurance Company under a Medigap insurance policy. In Continue reading >>
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6/5/2009 9:51:22 AM EST
Insurance Council of Texas
Texas lawmakers took a huge step in curtailing the activities of today’s ambulance chasers by passing HB 148.  The bill now on its way to Governor Perry for his signature makes it i ...
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