E&O Weekly Prevention
  
Strategies for the Professional Agent
October 9, 2014
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Ray Rice Saga: Not Just About The Punishment Fitting the Crime

By Howard M. Bloom, Esq. of Jackson Lewis P.C. 
 

The disturbing domestic violence incident involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his wife may raise issues for professional football's labor relations as well as Rice's future career as a player.
 
 

North Carolina Federal Court Protects Bank Directors & Officers' Business Decisions

By Kevin M. Mattessich, Esq.Todd D. Kremin, Esq.andAmanda Griner, Esq. of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck

 

In the first summary judgment decision of its kind, the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina reinforced the strength of the business judgment rule in protecting the former directors and officers of failed banks from claims by the FDIC. In its September 10, 2014 decision in Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. , as receiver for Cooperative Bank v. Frederick Willetts, III, the Court dismissed all the FDIC's claims against the directors and officers of Cooperative Bank holding that the business judgment rule shielded them against the FDIC's negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims, and found no intentional misconduct to support the FDIC's gross negligence claim.

  

California Appellate Court Limits Liability under California's Medical Confidentiality Act for Disclosure of Medical Information

By Melissa K. Ventrone, Esq. Ian A. Stewart, Esq. and Jeremy L. Ross, Esq. of Wilson Elser

 

In what should be considered a win for the defense, the California Third Appellate Court recently overturned the lower court's denial of a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit seeking $4 billion in damages under California's Medical Confidentiality Act (the Act) due to the alleged disclosure of medical records. In Sutter Health v. The Superior Court of Sacramento County, the Appellate Court specifically held that the mere theft of medical records, such as those contained on a stolen laptop, without any allegations that an unauthorized person viewed the records is insufficient to state a claim.

 

How to Protect Employees When Purchasing Health Insurance

By Aaron Peterson, Editor Agents Advantage

  • Compare insurance coverage and costs. Always compare the benefits and costs of multiple insurance products. If one product appears to offer similar benefits at a dramatically lower cost, ask questions.

7 Tips for Fourth Quarter Sales Success

By Mark Hunter The Sales Hunter

   

Fourth quarter.

 

There is no quarter that poses more opportunities and, at the same time, more obstacles as this one.

 

I've always felt you need to have one strategy for the year and another one for the 4th quarter, due to how different it is.  





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