September 2, 2010
Insurance Law articles and legal analysis in The National Law Review

In This Issue:

On August 29, 2005, the levees that were supposed to protect New Orleans failed catastrophically. The United States Army Corps of Engineers simply did not do the job it was tasked to do. As such,...

In a recent decision involving a deaf employee’s professed need for a sign language interpreter to understand and participate in mandatory departmental meetings, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reaffirmed that pursuant to the...

A year ago, we reported on “site visits” conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) contractors to verify the facts contained in H-1B temporary worker petitions filed by employers....

Plan fiduciaries who are in the midst of implementing the new Form 5500 Schedule C requirements for service provider fees may not want to think about additional fee disclosures.  But, on July 16, the Department of Labor (DOL), concluding...

On August 18, 2010, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a cease-and-desist order (the...

On August 16, 2010, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order approving a settlement resolving allegations that ConAgra Trade Group, Inc. caused a non-bona fide price to be reported for the NYMEX spot month crude oil futures...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively the “Act”), includes a series of significant changes that are relevant to employer-provided group...

The undeniable benefits of word of mouth and viral marketing via blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms have radically changed the marketing landscape. In an effort to stay current with the way in which consumers obtain product...

The New Jersey Tax Court recently ruled that space leased by a tax-exempt hospital to physicians and a food vendor was not exempt from property tax.  More importantly, the court denied the hospital’s request to dismiss claims...

July 22, 2010, in a 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that Washington state statutes of limitations do not apply to claims brought in arbitration, absent specific contractual language to the contrary. In particular, the Court...

Like a visit to the dentist, litigation is often necessary but seldom fun. It takes time, interferes with your business, disrupts your life, and can exact a substantial monetary and emotional toll. So if you have to go down the...

Arizona's new immigration law took effect on July 29, 2010.  The controversial state law requires Arizona state and local law enforcement to verify immigration status upon suspicion that an individual is illegally present in the U.S. ...

August 23rd, an engineering firm that consulted on the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis in 2007, killing 13 and injuring 145 others,...

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on August 10, 2010 released a decision which potentially threatens the tax-exempt status of hospital outpatient departments throughout the state. In this case, Covenant Healthcare System, Inc. v. City of...

In the wake of recent battles with Congress over healthcare reform, financial reform, and extension of unemployment benefits, President Obama is urging the Senate to move forward on the Paycheck Fairness Act after its approval last year by the...

In an effort to encourage the production of clean, renewable energy, some states have adopted or are considering policies that require utilities to purchase renewable energy from independent, non-utility producers. One such example are feed-in...

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