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Posted May 16, 2008
Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes
Analysis of: Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program 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...
Posted May 15, 2008
Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall
Analysis of: Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
In discounting  prospects for "winning in court" in litigation arising from losses in the mortgage market, the NYT unfortunately ignores a growing, and perhaps ultimately the primary, form of non-class action private securities litigation--litigation under state securities laws, which generally...
Posted May 13, 2008
Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall
Analysis of: Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
No recovery for investors from CMO/CDO's Financial Market regulation to increase Arbitration volume to increase relatively more than lawsuits
Posted 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
Gene research may be a double edged sword!Will HIPPA apply to genetic testing!
Posted 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
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!
Posted May 9, 2008
Supreme Court Weighs Insurer's Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial
Analysis of: Supreme Court Weighs Insurer's Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial | www.insurancejournal.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
It should be noted that the conflict of interest in most of these cases is very significant. However, disability insurers, like MetLife, use the limited scope of discovery many federal courts have adopted under ERISA to hide the conflict and keep any real evidnence of the financial conflict out...
Posted 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
The burden of proof may shift to insurers when insureds submit claims.Will the review of insurance claims be subjective or objective?
Douglas Lichtman Posted April 29, 2008
QCOM: Litigation Update
Analysis of: Qualcomm offers a sunny outlook | techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com
Author: Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
As much as everyone yearns for closure, the reality of the QCOM/NOK fight is that we still have years on the clock.
Douglas Lichtman Posted April 29, 2008
TSRA: It's Not AMKR, but the '419
Analysis of: Tessera Provides Update on Legal Actions | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
Tessera continues to focus public attention on its arbitration with Amkor.  But the real action these next few months will not come from that corner.  Instead, the real action is going to be the looming final decision about TSRA's '419 patent.
Douglas Lichtman Posted April 29, 2008
Rambus : What's Next?
Analysis of: Court overturns government's ruling against Rambus | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles
Rambus has scored two big legal victories over the last few weeks.  Now, all eyes turn to the summer, where three more big legal events could determine the firm's fate.
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