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Texas Business Court Quarterly Update – Q1 and Q2 2025

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As a part of Vinson & Elkins’ Texas Business Court Quarterly Update, the following update summarizes the Texas Business Court opinions—categorized by primary issue—that have been released since September 1, 2024 through the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Answers and Amounts in Controversy

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This week, we take a look at two decisions tackling novel procedural issues.  In the first, the Court strictly applied the amount-in-controversy requirement of the Class Action Fairness Act, faulting a defendant for not...more

Carlton Fields

Missouri Federal Court Remands Action To State Court Because Missouri Law “Reverse Preempts” The New York Convention Based On The...

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Foresight Energy, LLC (“Foresight”) brought an action in Missouri state court against various domestic and Bermuda and London market insurers for declaratory judgment, breach of contract and statutory vexatious refusal to pay...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Limits Reach of SLUSA Preclusion in State Law Variable Annuity Class Action

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In O’Donnell v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co., No. 17-cv-1085, 2018 WL 1720808 (2d Cir. Apr. 10, 2018), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed an order dismissing a variable annuity...more

A&O Shearman

Second Circuit Holds That SLUSA Is Not Triggered By A Holder's Passive Retention Of A Security Following An Alleged...

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On April 10, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived and remanded to state court a putative class action brought against AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. O’Donnell v. AXA Equitable Life...more

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Arizona Allows Insured to Avoid Removal by Naming Adjuster as Defendant

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In Chukly v. American Family Mut. Ins. Co., 2017 WL 3262541 (D.Ariz. Aug. 1, 2017) (Order), a breach of contract and insurance bad faith case arising from a homeowners claim after a microburst and “massive rain,” the Arizona...more

Cozen O'Connor

Can Disputes Related To Procurement Of Federal Flood Insurance Policies Be Litigated In State Court?

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It is well-established that claim processing and wrongful denial of coverage disputes involving federal flood insurance policies belong in federal court because they present substantial questions of federal law. The U.S....more

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