GLG News by Insurance Run-off Experts

Should Federal Pre-emption be automatic? Should companies be allowed to use Federal approval as a shield? 

Tactics in 524(g) plans clearly play a role in stock prices upon emerging! Will 524(g) plans be tightened to shorten time frames for being in them as well as discovery guidelines?

Will states ever be allowed to enact stricter rules for things like public health and safety?Some state issues will clearly out weight any Federal interests.

Through mid 2008 these will continue to be the drivers of home loan financing. Coming up quickly will be HUD/FHA. The unkown related player will be community banks, credit unions and small regionals. There is a problem that is already surfacing, add on fees by the banks using these groups for fundi...

Companies that have in essence contracts of adhesion may be able contractually set up a waiver of class action status? If this type of waiver is allowed do your rights to sue really exist?

It looks like the legislative solution is not getting off the ground again as far as working out loans. The proposals that have come out are mainly directed at going forward purchasers, builders and cities. So much for the defualted borrower. The ideas that were being floated carried their own risk

Stoneridge seems to offer a safe haven for some financial transactions under Rule 10 (b)! The way the decision is written, however, does not mean that this cloak of invincibility is available under all circumstances. 

The chances of loosening the knot of Sarbanes-Oxley will be diminished with the emergence of subprime problems. Will small companies still have a chance to fly under the radar of Sarbanes-Oxley?

In light of the subprime issues, any previous possibility of deregulating Sarbanes-Oxley has gone by the way side. Even the possibility of loosening the knot on smaller companies compliance has taken a back seat.

The article raises valid concerns on security of these insured transactions. Expect: 1. More suits as the insurers try legal tactics to invalidate coverage. 2. That the contracts and premiums have been paid and the courts will likely take a dim view of legal ploys to invalidate coverage based on semantics....