Law – Index ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ# A ABA – American Bar Association Accountability Advice Agency Law ALI – American Law Institute Amicus Curiae Briefs anti-SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Anti-Trust Apparent Authority Attorney General Authority Back to top B Bad Faith Based On Bespeaks Caution Doctrine Books – Law Back to top C Charity Owned…

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Amicus Curiae Briefs ACLI MetLife v FSOC – Amici Curiae Briefs NAIC content.naic.org/legal_amicus_briefs.htm scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/fairbanks-v-superior-ct-33061 PIABA 2021 0809 – Amicus Brief – PIABA – Public Investors Advocate Bar Association –  8p The Williams decision raises two issues of critical importance to investors. The first is whether insurance carriers may be held to be responsible for the…

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Class Actions Legal Cases – Index Legal Cases – Multidistrict Litigation – MDL    Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol156/iss6/ 2008 – LR – The Class Action Fairness Act in Perspective: The Old and the New in Federal Jurisdictional Reform, by Edward A. Purcell, Jr. – 105p 2008 – LR – The Class Action…

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Advice Incidental Advice Thomas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Case No …Aug 31, 2009 — This policy was a variable universal life insurance policy. The Third … advice “solely incidental to” the conduct of business as a broker or dealer. … under the IAA if the advice they give is “solely incidental to” their broker activities and they receive…

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Private Right of Action 2004 – LR – PSLRA, SLUSA, and Defrauded Retirement Investors: Overlooked Side Effects of a Potent Legislative Medicine, by Michael J. Borden  —  [BonkNote]  A regulator pointed out that a provision for a private cause of action is a major departure from NAIC policy, and after extensive discussion, the working group…

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Lawyers The value of the settlement may also be determinative of the plaintiff’s attorney’s fee because their fees will generally be based on the value of the settlement. However, those fees get paid out whether they’re a part of the settlement, whether they come out of the amount paid to the class, or whether they’re…

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Pacer 0 Results casteel v crown Cochran v. KeyBank Fairfield v Farmers fisher v aetna kaldenbach v mutual of omaha life ins co norem v lincoln thao v midland 1991 – USAA Life Ins. Co. v. Commissioner Cochran v. KeyBank Randy Whitelaw was the lead expert witness for the plaintiffs In re Stuart Cochran Irrevocable…

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2014 – LR – Regulating Systemic Risk in Insurance 2014 – LR –  Regulating Systemic Risk in Insurance, by Daniel Schwartz  —  [BonkNote]  —  73p (p1573-1574) – 19 For analyses that largely dismiss the possibility that the insurance industry is systemically risky outside of certain limited, nontraditional activities, see, for example, Richard Herring and Til Schuermann,…

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ABA – American Bar Association ABE – American Bar Endowment – [link] 2015 1116 – ABA Journal – ABE and New York Life Celebrate 60-Year Partnership – [link] ABF – American Bar Foundation – [link] ABA Journal – [link] archive.org/details/pub_tort-trial-insurance-practice-law-journal National Conference of Lawyers and Life Insurance Companies Unauthorized Practice of Law 2021 Spring – ABA-Litigation – Demonstrative Evidence:…

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Sutherland William B. Harman, Jr., not a member of the Society, is a partner in Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan 1981 – SOA – Universal Life (RSA81V7N412), Moderator: Samuel H. Turner, Ben H. Mitchell, Society of Actuaries – 16p  Paul J. Mason, not a member of the Society, is a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Of…

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