1. IVASS – TOWARDS SOLVENCY II - In the process of implementing the rules of Solvency II, EIOPA on 31 October 2013 published guidelines relating to the following areas: the system of governance; prospective assessment of risks (based on ORSA...
Legal precedent is not entirely consistent regarding whether lateral transfers constitute adverse actions sufficient to support discrimination claims by affected employees. However, a recent case from the Sixth Circuit serves as a reminder that a...
Das Bundessozialgericht hatte in seinen Urteilen vom 31. Oktober 2012 (Az.: B 12 R 8/10 R; B 12 R 3/11 R und B 12 R 5/10 R) in Bezug auf die Wirkung einer Befreiung berufsständisch Versorgter von der Versicherungspflicht in der gesetzlichen...
The dot.com world is about to explode. The number of Internet domain names will significantly increase over the next few years with the roll out of new generic top-level domains, known as gTLDs for short. These will change the Internet experience...
A judge in St. Petersburg, Fla., is considering a new trial request after all six jurors in a civil case failed to reveal their past involvement with the court system.
Two university professors settled fraud charges brought in an SEC administrative proceeding centered on a naked short selling scheme. The scheme yielded profits of over $400,000. In the Matter of Gonul Colak, Adm. Proc. File No. 3-15712 (Jan. 3,...
On Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a $1.2 million Colorado defamation verdict in the case of Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper—a notable decision for a court that rarely accepts libel cases. The Court interpreted...
This week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided new scores for the three sustainable growth rate (SGR) repeal proposals from the Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees; a list of potential offsets for SGR...
The District of New Jersey recently refused to compel the return of inadvertently produced privileged documents despite a clawback provision in the protective order where the producing party relied on key word computer searches to screen for...
“It is the duty of the king, as parens patriae, to protect property devoted to charitable use; and that duty is executed by the officer who represents the crown for all forensic purposes.” Jackson v. Phillips, 96 Mass. (14 Allen) 539, 579 (1867)....
