Diet Dr Pepper Is Not Promising Weight Loss, Court Rules December 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday said the maker of Diet Dr Pepper did not deceive consumers into thinking...
Bipartisan Internet Privacy Proposal Calls for User OK to Share Data But Is Mum on Suits December 23, 2019 By Ben Brody, Rebecca Kern and Daniel R. Stoller A top House panel unveiled long-awaited draft privacy legislation that calls for limits on sharing consumers’ information and would allow...
Anxiety, Policy Limits Rising Ahead of California’s Sweeping Data Privacy Law July 1, 2019 By Don Jergler Robert L. Wallan’s clients are keeping him quite busy as they fret about the implementation next year of the nation’s...
Pros and Cons of the Rise of Online Insurance Platforms: Geneva Association December 4, 2018 Online platforms can foster insurance market transparency and reduce both transaction costs and information asymmetries, factors typically associated with increased...
North Dakota’s Godfread ‘Excited’ About Technological Innovations in Insurance October 20, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones North Dakota’s insurance commissioner is bullish on the technological innovations that are occurring within the insurance industry and wants his...
California Insurance Commissioner Sponsored Bills Signed into Law in 2014 December 31, 2014 During the 2014 legislative session California Gov. Jerry Brown signed nine bills sponsored by the California Department of Insurance and...
AXA Equitable to Pay New York DFS $20M Fine Over Annuity Changes March 18, 2014 New York officials announced AXA Equitable will pay a $20 million fine to the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS)...
UK’s FCA Fines Swinton Group $11.215 Million for ‘Add-On’ Mis-selling July 18, 2013 The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) [the successor to the FSA] has fined Swinton Group Limited, one of the country’s...
UK’s FCA Wastes No Time in Setting Priorities; 15% Budget Increase April 10, 2013 The UK’s newly established Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which replaced the FSA on April...
Bills Target Nevada’s Construction Defect Law April 9, 2013 By Sandra Chereb Construction defect laws intended to protect consumers have morphed into a trial lawyer’s dream and a nightmare for Nevada’s building...