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Cicconi, plaintiff-appellant v. McGinn, Smith & Co. Inc., defendants-respondents
Broker�s Statements Regarding Terminated Employee in U-5 Form Are Absolutely PrivilegedJudge now has Katrina insurance lawsuit case
GULFPORT, Miss. AP - A groundbreaking case that challenges one of the nation's largest insurers for refusing to cover damage from Hurricane Katrina's monster storm surge went into the hands of a federal judge on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., who presided over an eight-day trial without a jury, heard closing arguments and promised a ruling "just as rapidly as possible.Half of Dewey's Leadership Leaves as O'Melveny, Winston Make Key Hires
Two members of Dewey & LeBoeuf's office of the chairman, Richard Shutran and Jeffrey Kessler, are set to decamp for other firms. Shutran, the cochair of the firm's corporate department (as well as chair of its global finance practice) is heading to O'Melveny & Myers with four other partners. And Winston & Strawn is taking on a team of more than 60 Dewey lawyers—23 of them partners—led by global litigation chair Jeffrey Kessler. Baker & Hostetler, Foley Hoag, and Vinson & Elkins also picked up lawyers from Dewey on Wednesday.Index to Verbal Threshold Opinions
Verbal threshold opinion index.McCauley, plaintiff-apellant v. First Unum Life Insurance Co., defendant-appellants
Plan Administrator's Conflict 'Weighed as Factor' As to Discretion's Abuse in ERISA Benefits Denial3rd Circuit Rules Lanham Act Doesn't Supersede Pennsylvania Law
Rejecting an argument that a Pennsylvania law is the exclusive remedy for addressing unfair insurance practices, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an insurer can use the federal Lanham Act to sue another insurer for false and misleading advertising. The court also upheld an injunction ordering UPMC Health Plan Inc. to stop running ads that included false criticisms of rival insurer Highmark Inc.'s policies.Carter & Ansley joins Smith Moore
Correction appended: See below for a correction to this story.ONE OF THE CITY'S oldest law firms, Carter Ansley, has joined the North Carolina firm Smith Moore, which has had a local office for nine years.The combination, effective Tuesday, more than doubles Smith Moore's Atlanta office, from 10 to 23 lawyers.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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