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Security: Placing a value on your private information!
Analysis of: Proposed privacy rules rile small brokerage firms | www.investmentnews.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Security: Placing a value on your private information!
Analysis of: Proposed privacy rules rile small brokerage firms | www.investmentnews.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Protecting the privacy of your personal information should remain a paramount concern!Some brokerage firms may have to close their doors with increased security costs!
May 12, 2008
Genes to Determine Insurance Coverage!
Analysis of: Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Genes to Determine Insurance Coverage!
Analysis of: Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Gene research may be a double edged sword!Will HIPPA apply to genetic testing!
May 12, 2008
Subprime Mortgage Losses: Accountability!
Analysis of: Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall | www.nytimes.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Subprime Mortgage Losses: Accountability!
Analysis of: Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall | www.nytimes.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Filing the lawsuit for home loan problems is easy, winning will be the real problem!The Supreme Court seems to be raising the bar on the burden of proof!
May 8, 2008Will The New Push To Limit DTC Advertising Advance?
Analysis of: New Rules on Drug Ads Sought | online.wsj.com
Author: Jeff Stier, Associate Director, American Council on Science and Health
Billions of dollars in pharmaceutical revenue, a large chunk of the advertising industry, and public health implications are at stake as Congress once again considers stricter limits on direct to consumer (DTC) advertising.
May 6, 2008
Supreme Court: Shouldn't the burden of proof be with the drafter?
Analysis of: Supreme Court Weighs Insurer's Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial | www.insurancejournal.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
Supreme Court: Shouldn't the burden of proof be with the drafter?
Analysis of: Supreme Court Weighs Insurer's Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial | www.insurancejournal.com
Author: Martin Alpert, Litigation Management Consultant, Alpert & Associates
The burden of proof may shift to insurers when insureds submit claims.Will the review of insurance claims be subjective or objective?
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May 16, 2008
Misleading Story from an Anti-Casino Group
Analysis of: GOVERNMENT GIVES CALIFORNIA TRIBE LAND FOR CASINO | www.citizenlink.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: GOVERNMENT GIVES CALIFORNIA TRIBE LAND FOR CASINO | www.citizenlink.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
This is from Focus on the Family, openly opposed to all gambling. The situation in Rohnert Park was unique, and the project still has a long way to go.
May 16, 2008
Restricting Information Instead of Allocating Costs
Analysis of: Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The debate of uses of genetic information for insurance purposes unfortunately masks the underlying problem: namely, the failure or inability of Congress to address the failure of the US health care system to allocate risks and costs based on rational policy choices, rather than based upon the "luck of the draw."
May 15, 2008
Aid - not Trade
Analysis of: Trade not aid for the future? America reduces economic assistance to Egypt | weekly.ahram.org.eg
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: Trade not aid for the future? America reduces economic assistance to Egypt | weekly.ahram.org.eg
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Reduction of USAID payments is beneficial in reducing addiction to it. The ariticle's title infers that trade is preferable to aid payments, the article itself argues the opposite. Egypt - Israel peace agreement of 1979
May 15, 2008
Investments in slices of the economy
Analysis of: New Wave of Nuclear Power Plants Faces High Costs | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: New Wave of Nuclear Power Plants Faces High Costs | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The investment grade given to Brazil, at the end of April, by Standard & Poor's (S & P) must to make the investors more selective. Even the applicators in investments funds. As some sectors tend to have more benefits than others because the country new note, a predilection investors alternative are the sector funds sector: portfolios that invest in shares of companies of specific segments...
May 15, 2008
Wind Energy: Which Way Will It Blow?
Analysis of: Wind Power Industry On Track for Record Year | www.marketwatch.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: Wind Power Industry On Track for Record Year | www.marketwatch.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Wind energy is a global industry with U.S., European, and Asian companies and their financial partners chasing markets around the world.
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