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EXPECT FOCUS VOLUME III 2006 FALL
Special Online Feature: Bankruptcy: The Superior Method For Resolving Class Claims; Plaintiff Must Be Direct Victim of RICO Racketeering Activity
 
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Inside Front Cover: Ninth Circuit Adopts New Standards of Review in Conflict of Interest Benefits Cases; Refocus - SEC to Scrutinize Soft Dollar Practices
Annuity Roundup - Bonus Annuity Litigation Watch, Annuities: Suitability for All; Variable Annuity Class Action Dismissed
Spotlight on Sales to Seniors - California Annuity Litigation Survives Motion to Dismiss; Can Knowledge Be a Dangerous Thing?; Court Rejects Certification of Deferred Annuity Class
News from the 109th Congress: Pension Reform Adopted; Makes Changes to COLI; Optional Federal Charter Debate Continues; What Could Be Realized: Accounting for COLI & BOLI Contracts
Eyes on 2003 Rule Amendments After Certification Reversal; Juvenile Smoking: Lighting Up a New Genre of Litigation; Term Life (with Side Fund) Alleged by SEC to be a Security
Insurer Ordered to Produce Other Claims & Litigation Files; Additional Insured Chats D-Fence
To Certify or Not to Certify; Negligent Attorneys Not Liable for Lost Punitive Damages
DC Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Putative Class Counterclaims Against Lloyd's; US District Court—Facultative Reinsurer Not Required to "Follow the Fortunes;" HR 5637—Changes to Reinsurance Regulation?
Jorden Burt Launches ReinsuranceFocus.com; A Ride in a Sidecar
Special Focus—Contracting Objectives for Straight-Through Processing; Audit Letter Responses Requested; Massachusetts Jury Finds for Jorden Burt Client; At Press Time
XBRL: The Train Has Left the Station; SEC Won't Appeal Decision to Vacate Hedge Fund Rules
SEC Adopts New Rules and Disclosure Requirements for Fund of Fund Investments; Congratulations
SEC Brings Its First Compliance Program Enforcement Action; ALI/ABA Conference
SEC Extends No-Action Relief for Customer Identification Rule; Proposal to Reduce/Eliminate Funds Transfer Reporting Threshold; NASD Annuity Roundtable
SEC Pulls Rug: Withdraws No-Action Letters for Insurance Products; New SEC Position on Soft Dollar Arrangements
Summary Arbitration Awards Remain Controversial; Key SLUSA Developments
First Circuit Says No to Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses; Contract-Based Consumer Class Action Decertified in Florida
Fourth Circuit: Nonsignatory May Compel Arbitration; Florida Supreme Court Reverses $145 Billion Award
CAFA Update; Class Certification Reversed: Insufficient Choice of Law Analysis
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