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Trial Win for Warner Clients in Dispute Over Decedent’s Assets

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Trial attorney David Skidmore from Warner Norcross + Judd LLP’s Probate Litigation Practice Group, a subgroup of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, recently represented clients in a trial before the...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights - August 2020

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This month’s Friday Five covers recent cases addressing: (1) a fiduciary’s right to bring an ERISA § 502(a)(3) equitable relief claim against a beneficiary; (2) when a life insurer may avail itself of Florida’s “facility of...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights - July 2020

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This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to: a court’s decision to hold an evidentiary hearing where factual disputes precluded summary judgment; dismissal of a claim for life insurance benefits of an ex-spouse who...more

Morris James LLP

Court of Chancery Permits Targeted Jurisdictional Discovery to Seek Proof to Support Non-Frivolous Claim of Personal Jurisdiction

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HM Life Ins. Co. v. Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc’y, FSB, C.A. No. 2018-0649-SG (Del. Ch. Apr. 9, 2020). If a plaintiff has pled facts in its complaint to support a non-frivolous claim of personal jurisdiction over a defendant,...more

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“Partial Final” Does Not Mean Final

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Don’t try to confirm an arbitration award when there is still arbitration work to be done. Relying on Seventh Circuit precedent, the Northern District of Illinois concluded that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to...more

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The Friday Five: Five Current ERISA Litigation Highlights – December 2018

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This month’s Friday Five covers recent cases ruling on the scope of discovery, what qualifies as an "appeal" by a plaintiff and the applicability of California law precluding discretionary language in insurance policies....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Fourth Circuit Finds Insurer Not Liable For Employer’s Mistake.

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The Fourth Circuit found in favor of an insurer on a claim for life insurance benefits, finding the insured’s failure to submit the required evidence of insurability was not excused by his employer having wrongly deducted...more

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Discovery Dispute In Cost Of Insurance Case Considers Relevance, Statutory Privilege, And Adequacy Of Objections

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In a putative class action alleging that a life insurer engaged in an elaborate scheme to pay stockholders huge dividends by shifting its obligations to reinsurers operating in jurisdictions with weak oversight and...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The Insurance Examination Privilege Just Became Important

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When a U.S. insurance regulator investigates market conduct or financial solvency, its work is governed by a state law based on the NAIC Model Law on Examinations. Like the Model Law, all state laws strictly protect the...more

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