Featured Cases

• Seagate Technology v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA

  5:2011cv05298
  Filed in California Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Seagate Technology. Defendant: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA.
  Judge: Paul Singh Grewal
  Cause Of Action: Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)
  (November 21, 2011)

• CONSTITUTION INSURANCE COMPANY v. SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, INC. et al

  5:2011cv04191
  Filed in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: CONSTITUTION INSURANCE COMPANY. Defendant: SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM, INC., ELIZABETH AMICK, JAMEY OLIFF, PAUL ZONA and BENJAMIN SCHRAGGER and other.
  Judge: CYNTHIA M. RUFE
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Insurance Contract
  (July 24, 2011)

• Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Company

  2:2011cv00989
  Filed in Washington Western District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle. Defendant: Interstate Fire & Casualty Company.
  Judge: Thomas S. Zilly
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Insurance Contract
  (June 27, 2011)

• STATE OF FLORIDA et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al

  3:2010cv00091
  Filed in Florida Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
  Plaintiff: STATE OF FLORIDA, by and through BILL MCCOLLUM, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, by and through HENRY McMASTER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF NEBRASKA, by and through JON BRUNING, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF TEXAS, by and through GREG ABBOTT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF UTAH, by and through MARK L. SHURTLEFF, ATTORNEY GENERAL and other. Defendant: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER, in his official capacity as the Secretary of THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR and other.
  Judge: SENIOR JUDGE ROGER VINSON
  Cause Of Action: Declaratory Judgement
  (March 15, 2011)

• Netscape Communications Corporation et al v. Federal Insurance Company et al

  5:2006cv00198
  Filed in California Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Netscape Communications Corporation, American Online, Inc.; Defendant: St. Paul Mercury Insurance CompanyCounter-claimant: St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company
  Judge: James Ware
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Insurance Contract
  (February 21, 2011)

Dockets

• DuBose v. Conseco Life Insurance Company

  3:2012cv00490
  Filed in Texas Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Thomas DuBose. Defendant: Conseco Life Insurance Company.
  Judge: Sam A Lindsay
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Insurance Contract
  (February 15, 2012)

• Landmark American Insurance Company v. Soares Da Costa, C.S.,LLC. et al

  1:2012cv20659
  Filed in Florida Southern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Declaratory Judgment
  (February 15, 2012)

• Contreras et al v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company et al

  2:2012cv00249
  Filed in Nevada District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Defendant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company and EFI GLOBAL. Plaintiff: Iris Contrera and Walter Orlando DeLeon.
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Petition for Removal
  (February 15, 2012)

• Huyett v. Omni Insurance Company

  1:2012cv00051
  Filed in Mississippi Southern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Nicole C. Huyett. Defendant: Omni Insurance Company.
  Judge: Louis Guirola
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Insurance Contract
  (February 15, 2012)

• Mardosz v. Ocasio

  1:2012cv01129
  Filed in Illinois Northern District Court
  Type of Suit: Insurance
  Plaintiff: Marta Mardosz. Defendant: Troczynski Ocasio.
  Cause Of Action: Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  (February 15, 2012)

Legislation

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3885 FRAME Act of 2012

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts.
  (January 31, 2012)

• Bill Introduced: S.1905 Specialty Crop Insurance Act of 2011

  A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to support crop insurance for specialty crops, and for other purposes.
  (November 16, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: S.1850 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011

  A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.
  (November 8, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: S.1773 Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011

  A bill to promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.
  (October 30, 2011)

• Bill Introduced: H.R.3286 Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2011

  To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.
  (October 30, 2011)

Regulations

• Proposed Rule - Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement

  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  Proposed Rule
  Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement
  ,
  50929-50931 [2011-20850]
  Proposed Rules Federal Register Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2011 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 7 CFR Part 402 [Docket No. FCIC-11-0003] RIN 0563-AC31 Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to amend the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement. The intended effect of this action... [read document]
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  (August 16, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Credit Risk Retention

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Proposed Rule
  Credit Risk Retention
  ,
  34010-34011 [2011-14444]
  DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Part 43 [Docket No. OCC-2011-0002] RIN 1557-AD40 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Part 244 [Docket No. 2011-1411] RIN 7100-AD 70 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 12 CFR Part 373 RIN 3064-AD74 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 17 CFR Part 246 [Release No. 34-64603; File No. S7-14-11] RIN 3235-AK96 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 12 CFR Part 1234 RIN 2590-AA43 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 24 CFR Part 267... [read document]
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  (June 9, 2011)

• Rule - Common Crop Insurance Regulations: Extra Long Staple Cotton Crop Provisions

  Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  Rule
  Common Crop Insurance Regulations:
  Extra Long Staple Cotton Crop Provisions
  ,
  32067-32069 [2011-13354]
  Rules and Regulations Federal Register Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2011 / Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 7 CFR Part 457 [Docket No. FCIC-10-0002] RIN 0563-AC27 Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Extra Long Staple Cotton Crop Provisions AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes amendments made to the Common Crop Insurance... [read document]
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  (June 2, 2011)

• Proposed Rule - Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Proposed Rule
  Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions
  ,
  28358-28373 [2011-11853]
  FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 12 CFR Part 349 RIN 3064-AD81 Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The FDIC is proposing regulations that would impose requirements for foreign currency futures, options on futures, and options that an insured depository institution supervised by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation engages in with retail customers. Pursuant to section 742(c) of the... [read document]
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  (May 16, 2011)

• Rule - Securities of Nonmember Insured Banks

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Rule
  Securities of Nonmember Insured Banks
  ,
  28168-28169 [2011-11788]
  FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 12 CFR Part 335 RIN 3064-AD67 Securities of Nonmember Insured Banks AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The FDIC is adopting as final the Interim Final Rule published in the Federal Register (see 75 FR 73947) on November 30, 2010. The final rule adopts amendments to the FDIC's securities disclosure regulations applicable to state nonmember banks with securities required to be registered under section 12 of the... [read document]
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  (May 15, 2011)

Articles

• Case Comment: C-82/10 European Commission v Ireland - Judgement of the Court of Justice of the ...

  EJLE: European Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming Vadim Mantrov University of Latvia Date Posted: December 28, 2011 Last Revised: February 10, 2012
  (February 9, 2012)

• Redefining the Valuation Methods of Modern Day Hospital Care

  Craig B. Garner Pepperdine University School of Law Date Posted: February 17, 2012 Working Paper Series 1 downloads D & O Insurance: A Primer American University Business Law Review, Vol. 1, 2012 Lawrence J. Trautman and Kara Altenbaumer-Price affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 06, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 143 downloads Is Your Money Safe? What Italians Know About Deposit Insurance Bank of Italy Occasional Paper No. 104 Laura Bartiloro Bank of Italy Date Posted: February 05, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads What Practitioners Need to Know About Reinsurance NYSBA Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2, Winter 2011 James A. Johnson affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: February 01, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads Affordable Care Act Litigation: The Supreme Court and the Future of Health Care Reform Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 307, No. 4, pp. 369-370, 2012 , Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-010 Lawrence O. Gostin and Kelli K. Garcia Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Gerogetown University Law Center Date Posted: January 29, 2012 Last Revised: January 30, 2012
  (January 29, 2012)

• From Coverture to Contract: Engendering Insurance on Lives

  Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 335, 2011 Mary L. Heen University of Richmond - School of Law Date Posted: December 26, 2011 Last Revised: January 27, 2012
  (January 26, 2012)

• Amicus Curiae Brief in Health and Human Services v. ...

  Jordan M. Barry and Bryan Camp University of San Diego School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law Date Posted: January 27, 2012 Working Paper Series 51 downloads Determinants of Board Structure: A Comparison of Publicly-Traded and Privately-Owned Insurance Companies Enya He , Steve Miller and Tina Yang University of North Texas , Saint Joseph's University and Villanova University Date Posted: January 27, 2012 Working Paper Series 28 downloads Mortality of Disabled People Ermanno Pitacco University of Trieste - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali, Matematiche e Statistiche B. de Finetti Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Readability, Contracts of Recurring Use, and the Problem of Ex Post Judicial Governance of Health Insurance Policies Roger Williams University Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 93, 2010 John Aloysius Cogan Jr. Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law Date Posted: January 26, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads The Effect of Bankruptcy Exemptions on Medical Malpractice Insurance Limits Tom Baker , Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick University of Pennsylvania Law School , Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and University of Pennsylvania Law School Date Posted: January 24, 2012 Working Paper Series 15 downloads Information Obligations in European Insurance Contract Law MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW, Jürgen Basedow, Klaus Hopt & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012 , Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 16 downloads Precautionary Obligations in European Insurance Contract Law MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW, Jürgen Basedow, Klaus Hopt & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012, Giesela Ruhl Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series 11 downloads Rising from the Ashes: A Governance Perspective on Emerging Systemic Risks GOVERNING DISASTERS: THE CHALLENGES OF EMERGENCY RISK REGULATION, pp. 246-262, Alberto Alemanno, ed., Edward Elgar, 2011 Giuliano G. Castellano Bocconi University - Law Department Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Accepted Paper Series The Vicissitudes of Tort: A Response to Professors Rabin, Sebok & Zipursky DePaul Law Review, Vol. 60, 2011, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-01 Catherine M. Sharkey New York University (NYU) - School of Law Date Posted: January 23, 2012 Last Revised: January 27, 2012
  (January 26, 2012)

• Should Your Firm Invest in Cyber Risk Insurance?

  Business Horizons, 2012 Scott Shackelford Indiana University, Kelley School of Business Date Posted: December 15, 2011 Accepted Paper Series 20 downloads The Spanish Property Insurance Cartel Francisco Marcos Instituto de Empresa Business School Date Posted: December 14, 2011 Working Paper Series 6 downloads Insuring Maritime Trade with the Enemy in the Napoleonic Era Texas International Law Journal, Forthcoming, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-30, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 11-139 Su J. Kim and James C. Oldham Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University Law Center Date Posted: December 07, 2011 Last Revised: January 19, 2012
  (January 18, 2012)

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