On April 11, 2018 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) signed Legislative Bill 815 into law, joining the surge of states amending their insurance laws regarding when ceding insurers may claim credit for reinsurance.

This case concerned a coverage dispute between Technical Security Integration Inc. and its insurer, Philadelphia Indemnity.

Does the failure to pay an insurance claim constitute elder abuse? Not under Oregon's elder financial abuse laws. In January, the Oregon Supreme Court, answering a certified question from the Ninth Circuit ...

The court refused to "look behind" and nullify that agreement based on defendant's allegations, particularly where there were no allegations of fraud or mistake in the issuance of the note.

Petitioner, a captive insurer domiciled in Anguilla, applied to be a tax-exempt small insurance company under IRC section 501(c)(15), and filed returns on this basis, making an election under IRC section 953(d).

The Texas Department of Insurance has proposed a set of amendments to its regulations concerning captive insurance in order to implement changes passed into law by the Texas legislature in 2015 and 2017.

In Robertson v. SunLife Financial, a federal district court in Louisiana dismissed with prejudice as time-barred an amended putative class action complaint alleging RICO and state racketeering claims...

Plaintiff argued that Defendant's basis for removal was not applicable because Defendants waived their right to arbitration or because the case is not related to the agreement containing an arbitration provision.

In a case that had been filed and then stayed in a New York federal district court in connection with an ongoing arbitration involving alleged violations of federal securities laws...

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §1602 et seq. (FSIA), is silent on the issue of criminal immunity for foreign sovereigns.

Instead, the trial court entered a default judgment against Acosta, based on its admission that it had refused to pay the costs of the arbitration and the lack of evidence establishing its inability to do so.

A Fortune 100 manufacturer faced a daunting litigation scenario: it was a named defendant in over 1,000 mass tort actions. Those actions, previously dormant, were now being activated by the court.

AEGIS moved to stay the litigation and compel arbitration on the grounds that its policy contained a mandatory arbitration clause.

In a petition brought under 28 U.S.C § 1782, petitioner sought discovery of documents outside the United States. Recognizing the Second Circuit had not ruled on whether such discovery ...

Plaintiff Syed Nazim Ali appealed a Northern District of California judgment dismissing Plaintiffs' diversity action against FINRA alleging state law claims arising from an arbitration proceeding.

Ninth Circuit: Unconscionability Arguments Directed Solely At Class Action Waiver Provisions In Arbitration Agreements Are Foreclosed By Concepcion.

The breached companies – themselves the victims of cyberattacks – often face putative class actions by consumers whose nonpublic financial and health information was allegedly compromised in the breach.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that agreements between an employer and an employee providing for individualized arbitration do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.