IN THE SPOTLIGHT -
- California Passes Life and Annuity Electronic Transactions Law
LIFE INSURANCE -
- Under a Spotlight, "Shadow Insurance" Lawsuit Fails Scrutiny
- NAIC Evaluates Insurer’s Use of Variable Annuity Captives, Price Optimization, and Big Data
- Perks, Prizes, and Loopholes: Sen. Warren’s Report on Annuity Sales Practices
- Solicitors Argue to U.S. Supreme Court That Vermont Health Care Reporting Law Is Not Preempted By ERISA
- Federal Court of Appeals Deems Policies STOLI, Refuses to Order Return of Premiums
- Individual Inquiries Predominate in 401(k) Litigation
SECURITIES -
- SEC Issues Proposed Changes to Administrative Proceedings
- AML Requirements Proposed for Investment Advisers
- SEC Proposes Liquidity Risk Programs for Funds
- Executives in Crosshairs for Corporate Violations
- Feds Fish in Form PF
- SEC Judge Lenient Toward Compliance Employee
- Circuits Split on Scope of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection
- SEC Payments "in Guise" Case Resolves Little
- FINRA and NASAA Proposals to Protect Vulnerable Customers
- FINRA Targets Stockbroker’s Impermissible Transfer of Client Account Information
REAL ESTATE REPORT -
- NCCUSL Approves Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
HEALTH CARE -
- Avoiding the Bull’s-Eye
- Could Your Medical Device Be a Hacker’s Gateway into a Hospital Network?
- Record Mega-Settlements May Attract More Whistleblowers
PROPERTY & CASUALTY -
- For Whom the Contractual Suit Limitation Period Tolls
- To Stay or Not to Stay … That Is the Question
CONSUMER FINANCE -
- Consumer Bankers Association, Chamber of Commerce Join Challenge to FCC TCPA Ruling
- Federal Agencies File Action Against Bank for Discriminatory Redlining
- The More the Merrier: Court Rejects Waiver Argument, Enforces Arbitration Clause in Consumer Contract
- CFPB Continues to Focus on Reforming Consumer Collection Practices
- Furnisher Duties of Accuracy Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- CFPB Proposes Banning Use of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Consumer Class Actions
- Mortgage Servicing Complaints to CFPB Remain High
IP/TECHNOLOGY -
- Bitcoin: Currency, Property, and Now, Commodity
- NIST IoT Framework Raises Interesting Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Challenges
- "Let's [Not] Go Crazy" with Copyright Takedown Notifications
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