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Dismissal Of Forced-Placed Insurance Cases Pursuant To Filed-Rate Doctrine Upheld By Eleventh Circuit

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Borrowers’ complaints alleging their mortgage servicers breached loan contracts and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by charging “inflated amounts” for “force-placed” or “lender-placed” insurance and...more

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Class Action Disgorgement Case Dismissed Against PG&E as Remedy Sought Would Interfere with Filed Rates

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Companies in regulated markets, such as insurance and energy, are increasing litigating issues surrounding the “filed rate doctrine,” or in other words, whether they can be sued in a class action where the remedy sought...more

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Fifth Circuit Ruling Relies on Filed Rate Doctrine to Dismiss Claims Against Natural Gas Company

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In July 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a ruling in which it relied upon the filed rate doctrine to dismiss a claim against a federally regulated natural gas company. In Medco Energi US, LLC v. Sea...more

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