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Class Action Motion to Dismiss Insurance Industry

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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EDPa Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Life Insurance Co

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On July 24, 2025, Judge Jennifer Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against a life insurance company (the “Company”) and certain of its...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

TCPA Vicarious Liability - June 6, 2025

Our readers are well aware of the fact that companies can be held vicariously liable for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) violations. However, a recent decision from an Illinois federal court highlights the...more

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TCPA Litigation Update: Virginia, Texas, and Nevada Federal Courts Toss TCPA Lawsuits Over Lack of Clear Defendant Ties

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Federal district courts in Virginia, Texas, and Nevada have recently dismissed a series of lawsuits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), finding that plaintiffs failed to show how the defendants were...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Court Reinforces the Filed-rate Doctrine in Collins et al v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

On February 3, 2023, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted MetLife’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim in Collins et al v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. In granting MetLife’s...more

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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Dismisses Pennsylvania Restaurant’s Proposed Class Action...

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On January 15, 2021, U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman granted defendant National Fire & Marine Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss a complaint filed by plaintiff 1 S.A.N.T, Inc. 1 S.A.N.T. brought a putative class...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Court Finds For Retailers In Denying Motion To Dismiss In COVID-19 Damages Suit Against Insurer

On April 27, 2020, five Missouri retailers filed a putative class action suit against their insurance provider, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, for breach of contract relating to the insurer’s denial of coverage under the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CNA Long-Term Care Class Action — Could It Have Long-Term Consequences?

A long-term care insurance class action filed in May 2018 highlights the importance of clearly defined policy language. At dispute in the lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending September 22 & 29, 2017

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - - Constructive Notice: a memorandum of agreement that is recorded in the official records of the county in which the property is located and refers to an unrecorded agreement entered into by the...more

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Court Denies Motion For Interlocutory Appeal In Alleged Insurance Kickback Scheme

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We have previously reported on a case styled Munoz v. PHH Corp., one of similar suits alleging putative class actions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act arising from purported “sham” reinsurance transfers...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: Cost of Insurance Litigation – Insurers Retain Discretion to Set COI Rates in Two Key Victories

In the first federal appellate decisions addressing cost of insurance (COI) charges in life insurance policies, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed two victories to insurers in opinions issued December 13, 2013. In...more

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