IN THE SPOTLIGHT
· Is your Company Ready to Comply with Encryption of Individually Identifiable Health Information?
LIFE INSURANCE
· STOLI Schemers Must Make Good on Damages Caused
· At the State Level, Is a Fixed-Index Annuity a Security?
· FSOC’s Designation of Nonbank SIFIs: More New Developments
· The Big Deal About Big Data: What Life Insurers Must Know
· Protecting the Data Lode: NAIC Addresses Cybersecurity
· First Circuit’s RAA-Friendly Ruling Stands
· Morgan Stanley Agrees to Resolution of Multi-State Unclaimed Property Audit
· NCOIL Revises Unclaimed Property Model Act
A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE
· Jury Instructions – Avoiding Landmines and Preserving Error
SECURITIES
· Neither Side Folds on FINRA CARDS Proposal
· Feds Dig for Disguised Fund Distribution Fees
· SEC 2015 Budget Impacts Investment Management Industry
· What Successful Whistleblowers Have in Common
· More Insider Trading Clarity for Money Managers
· Defendants Challenge SEC’s Increased Use of Administrative Forum
· FSOC Presses SEC on Money Managers’ Systemic Risks
PROPERTY & CASUALTY
· Court Rejects Attenuated Argument of Automobile Insurer Liability
· Florida Supreme Court Thwarts Attempt to Circumvent “Exclusive Remedy” Provision
· Policy Language Aside, Insurer is Obligated to Pay in California
· Florida Court of Appeal: Photos in Facebook are Fair Game in Discovery
CONSUMER FINANCE
· Use of Prior Servicer’s Records at Trial Depends on Proper Foundation
· New CFPB Consent Orders Point to Growing Indirect Regulation of Title Insurance
· CFPB to Regulate Prepaid Debit Cards
· Stripping of Unsecured Second Mortgages in Chapter 7 Bankruptcies in the Crosshairs
· Eleventh Circuit Says No to Mooting Class Actions with Individual Offers of Judgment
· New Regulations Likely to Yield New Theories
HEALTH CARE
· King v. Burwell: Setting the Tone for Health Care Politics
· State Law Claims Based on HIPAA Guideline Violations are Not Preempted by HIPAA
· Meet the ACA’s Employer Mandate
IP/TECHNOLOGY
· A Modern Game of Hide and Go Seek? Some Lessons Learned Following Sony and Other Widely-Publicized Data Breaches
· Banks Take Notice: The Sunrise Period for .bank Registrations is Coming Soon
· Financial and Merchant Industries Group and Obama Administration to Address Privacy Concerns
· Up, Up, and Away: Insurance Market for Commercial Drones Set to Take Off
· Cuba: Is it Too Soon to File for Trademark Registration?
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