EXPECT FOCUS VOLUME II, 2010 Table of Contents   In the Spotlight: Supreme Court Torpedoes Class Arbitration Under Silent Clause Supreme Court Reaffirms Rule 23 Dominance; California Supreme Court to Rule on the Extent Unfair Competition Laws Apply to Insurance Companies Broker Protocol Sees Membership Growth; Florida Legislature Passes "Safeguard Our Seniors Act" Supreme Court Rejects "Prevailing Party" Standard for ERISA Fee Awards; What Is an Annuity? Regulators Contemplate Preventing Stranger Originated Annuity Transactions; The End for Embattled Rule 151A? Fraud Not Necessary For Policy Rescission; Bad Faith Claim Survives Summary Judgment Despite No Duty to Defend or Indemnify First Chinese Drywall Rulings Noxious for Insurers; Consumer Product Safety Commission Recommends Removal of All Chinese Drywall State Legislative Update: Reinsurance and Captives; N.Y. Clears Up Some Contract "Un-Certainty" Challenging an Arbitrator Appointment: Actual Bias vs. Potential Future Bias; Reinsurance Litigants Denied In Bids For Home Cooking Electronically-Filed Insurance Application Raises Host of Issues RAFSA Includes Measures For Reinsurance Reform Mutual Funds Regulated as BSA Financial Institutions; SEC Staff to Review Derivatives Use by Funds and ETFs Investors Permitted to Sue Adviser for Transfer Agent Fee Kickbacks; Privately Held Fidelity Entities Cannot Avoid Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Suits Court of Appeals Rejects SEC's Expansive Interpretation of Rule 10b-5 Variable Annuity Summary Prospectus Gains Momentum; Financial Institutions to Unmask Some Account Beneficial Owners Industry Eyes New SEC Enforcement Units; Google's "AdWords" Service Clears Big Hurdle in European Court SEC Settlement Dynamics May Change Supreme Court Adopts "Nerve Center" Test For Corporations' Citizenship; Variations in Unjust Enrichment Laws Bar Class Certification Single Bite at the Class Action Certification Apple; Defenses, State-Law Variations Defeat Class Certification Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Removal Procedure: Defendants Now Permitted to Provide Jurisdictional Facts; Third Circuit Latest to Require Detrimental Reliance Under TILA News and Notes   Legal Horizons Archived Issues Current Issue Expect Focus Volume II, 2010 Expect Focus Volume I 2010 Winter Expect Focus Volume IV 2009 Fall Expect Focus Volume III 2009 Summer Expect Focus Volume II 2009 Spring Expect Focus Volume I 2009 Winter Expect Focus Volume IV 2008 Fall Expect Focus Volume III 2008 Summer Expect Focus Volume II 2008 Spring Expect Focus Volume I 2008 Winter Expect Focus Volume IV 2007 Fall Expect Focus Volume III 2007 Expect Focus Volume II 2007 Spring Expect Focus Volume I 2007 Winter Expect Focus Volume III 2006 Fall Legal Horizons, Volume II, 2006 Legal Horizons, Volume I, 2006 Legal Horizons: Volume IV, 2005 Legal Horizons: Volume III, 2005 Legal Horizons: Volume II, 2005 Legal Horizons: Volume I, 2005 Legal Horizons: Volume III, 2004 Legal Horizons: Volume II, 2004 Legal Horizons: Volume I, 2004 Legal Horizons: Volume II, 2003 Legal Horizons: Volume I, 2003 Legal Horizons: Volume IV, 2002 Legal Horizons: Volume III, 2002 Legal Horizons: Volume II, 2002

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