November, 2008
Right to Associate Counsel in Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes Teleconference
Date: March 25, 2009
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Insurance Coverage Issues Arising from Subprime Lending and the Credit Crisis Teleconference
Date: March 25, 2009
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Avandia: Current Litigation, Status of the MDL and Future Trials Teleconference
Date: March 26, 2009
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Stranger Owned Life Insurance: Who Is Behind It, Have They Targeted Your Company, and How Do You Stop Them Teleconference
Date: March 31, 2009
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Former Fannie Mae Compliance Lead to Speak at Banking Litigation Conference in January
From Tom Hagy To the Customers of Mealey’s Litigation Conferences We at Mealey’s Litigation Conferences are pleased to announce that former Fannie Mae compliance lead Megan Kraai has agreed to join the faculty of The FDIC & the Banking Crisis: Litigation Challenges Past, Present & Future. This fully accredited program is being held at the [...]
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Former Farmers Group GC Jason Katz: Don’t Leave Your Fate in Someone Else’s Hands
Written by Teresa Zink Keeping track of the changing regulatory requirements of the various jurisdictions in which an insurance or reinsurance company does business can certainly cause insurance company lawyers to lose some sleep. In recent years, the trend in both the U.S. and overseas has been toward less regulation and more consistency [...]
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Mound Cotton’s Jim Veach: Economic Meltdown Frames Debate Over Insurance Regulation
Written by Teresa Zink In normal times the answer you get when you ask – “What are the important issues facing the insurance and reinsurance industries?” – depends largely on who is in the room. But these are not normal times. “The global economic crisis has edged out most other issues and is [...]
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James Dugan on Testifying & Consulting Experts
By Tom Hagy An important decision in selecting a financial expert in complex commercial litigation is whether you pick a “testifying” expert or a “consulting” expert. Speaking on a teleconference for Mealey Litigation Conferences, James C. Dugan of Willkie Farr & Gallagher cited Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B), which, he explained, [...]
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Michele Miles: When Picking a Financial Expert, Beware of Hormonal Imbalances
By Tom Hagy Battle metaphors are frequent when talking about litigation and trials. Verbs like kill, shoot, crush, and destroy are not uncommon. Michele G. Miles, both a J.D. and accredited business appraiser, sees a danger in taking the macho metaphors too far, especially when they affect the conduct of a financial expert. [...]
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