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Tenth Circuit Holds Underlying Securities Claims Interrelated

In its recent decision in Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc. v. Lloyds of London Syndicate 2003, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9599 (10th Cir. May 13, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, applying New York law,...more

Federal Court Dismisses $31 Million FDIC Suit as Time-Barred

On April 22, Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed as time-barred the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) $31 million suit against JPMorgan...more

New York Court Holds Professional Services Exclusion Applicable

In its recent decision in David Lerner Assocs. v. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46333 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2013), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had occasion to...more

The Material Impact of the Amgen Decision on D&O Insurance

In Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (Slip Op. Feb. 27, 2013), the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority opinion (Ginsburg, J.), affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s...more

Consenting Adults: D.C. Circuit Tells Press To Stay Out Of SEC-AIG Relationship

What happens between a mature multinational insurance corporation and its regulator is nobody’s business, or so says the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which issued an opinion in SEC v. AIG on February...more

Ninth Circuit Applies Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act to Affirm Dismissal of Section 17200 Class Action Involving...

In Freeman Investments, LP v. Pacific Life Insurance Co., No. 09-55513, 2013 WL 11884 (9th Cir. Jan 2, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act...more

Court Dismisses In Part RMBS Suit Against Countrywide, Dismissed In Entirety Against Bank of America

On December 6, Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed in part claims brought by several insurance companies, including Minnesota Life Insurance Company, in...more

Federal Court Rules that Insurer May Prevail on its Representation and Warranty Claims Without Proving that the Breaches Caused...

On September 25, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a written opinion denying summary judgment in Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.’s contract dispute with Flagstar Bank FSB over its insurance...more

Is a Fractured Left Knee a Serious and Permanent Injury?

In Ontario, your entitlement to receive any pain and suffering damages may be contested, even when you suffer an injury like a fracture knee....more

New York Court Rejects $90 Million D&O Settlement

In In re Lehman Brothers Securities and ERISA Litigation, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65167 (S.D.N.Y. May 3, 2012), Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York considered the...more

Allstate RMBS Lawsuit to Stay in Federal Court

On March 27, 2012, Judge Deborah A. Batts of the Southern District of New York denied Allstate Insurance Co.’s motion to remand its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA to state court. The lawsuit arises out of alleged...more

Trial Practice Update

Two recent decisions in MBIA Insurance Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans , Inc., No. 602825/08 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 22, 2010), one of the most closely-followed residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) cases in the...more

Third Circuit Holds That Mixed Present/Future Statements Are Protected By Reform Act Safe Harbor

In In re Aetna, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 09-2970, 2010 WL 3156560 (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that certain allegedly misleading statements regarding the...more

Court Limits Vicarious Liability for Actions of Putative Agent

In a case litigated by Robert J. McKennon, a partner of Barger & Wolen, LLP and editor of this blog, the California Court of Appeals recognized significant limits on the vicarious liability of a principal based upon the acts...more

In Brief - Summer 2008

In This Issue LAW NOTES canvasses a host of interesting and current topics including law suits that have no chance of success (summary judgment); insider trading exemptions; stipulated price contracts (CCDC 2);...more

Red Alert: New York Court of Appeals Grants Summary Judgment Based on Insured's Breach of Consent to Settle Provision of Policy

The New York Court of Appeals has reversed an order of the Appellate Division and has found that no coverage exists for Bear Stearns’ $80 million settlement with regulatory authorities in connection with the research analyst...more

Public Finance Alert: Federal Appeals Court Rules Bond Insurer Lacks Standing for Fraud Claims

Public Finance Alert: Federal Appeals Court Rules Bond Insurer Lacks Standing for Fraud Claims

On September 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in a case closely watched by bond insurers, other credit enhancers and issuers, conduit borrowers, and underwriters of insured or credit-enhanced debt, ruled...more