LEGAL HORIZONS: VOLUME II, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS   Variable Annuity Sales and Operations Practices Targeted / Tax: "Expense Charge Rule" Must Be Used in Calculating Charges for Qualified Additional Benefits The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 Prop 64: To & Fro on Retroactivity / Florida Trial Court Blocks Class Action New Reserve Requirements for No-Lapse UL Insurable Interest / Terrorism Insurance Backstop NAIC Meeting, March 2005 / COLI Legislation Re-Introduced Contingent Commissions Update: State Broker Compensation Disclosure Initiatives / Contingent Commissions Update: Settlements & Indictments - 1st Quarter 2005 Contingent Commissions Update: DOL on Insurer Reporting of Commissions and Fees Setback for Arbitration in Florida / Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Clause Courts Shift Position on Arbitration Clauses Precluding Punitive Damages Eleventh Circuit Upholds Arbitration Clause Barring Class Actions - Again / Texas Court Rejects Class Certification Based on a Single Common Issue Bankruptcy Reform - Risk of "Blowback" for the Credit Industry? Corporate & Securities Fraud and the New Bankruptcy Law / EFTA Limits 17200 Claim / Ex Parte Arbitrations Blow to Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements Under Florida Code / Finite Reinsurance - Regulatory Scrutiny Continues Treaty Tips: As the SSAP 61 Turns / New York Bolsters Disclosure for Reinsurance Transactions Federal Court Says Policyholder Can Seek Recovery Against Reinsurer / Bad Faith: Florida Supreme Court Eliminates Work Product Protection Absence of Fiduciary Duty Blocks Discovery / Lloyd's Prevails in Actions Against U.S. Names When a Broker-Dealer Is Not an Investment Adviser Update on "Directed Brokerage" SEC Staff Announces Position on Variable Product Asset Allocation Programs SROs: Does One Size Fit All, or Is It Time for a Tailor? / Mutual Funds & Investment Advisers: "Hard 4:00" Proposal Postponed / SEC to Inflation-Adjust Maximum Civil Penalties Impending SEC Action on Soft Dollar Arrangements Revenue Ruling 2005-7 - "Double Look-Through" Permitted for Asset Diversification Testing SEC Adopts Voluntary Redemption Fee Rule SOX Section 404 / Funds Sued for Leaving Money on the Table SEC Reissues Point of Sale Rule Proposal IRS Stalls Manager-Compensation; Eliminates Non-Registered Partnership "Look-Through" Rule Music File Sharing Case Heard in U.S. Supreme Court / The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act: Does the New Law Have Teeth? Employers and the Class Action Fairness Act: What's in It for Me? / Supreme Court Extends Disparate-Impact Theory to Age Discrimination Claims Booker and Federal Sentencing Guidelines Firm News, From the Rialto   Legal Horizons Archived Issues Current Issue 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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