Tag Archives: Legal

On March 29, a U.S. District Court judge ruled in favor of MetLife Inc. in its bid to reject the “Too Big to Fail” label. The official designation of “Systemically Important Financial Institution” or SIFI, first applied to MetLife in December 2014, has put the company at a competitive disadvantage through much tougher rules on capital and on the use …

In the financial services sales world, the threat of a lawsuit is just part of the cost of doing business. Insurance agents and financial advisors expose themselves to the threat of a lawsuit almost every time they put pen to paper – and even the most dedicated and knowledgeable agent isn’t immune. Lawsuits typically arise out of miscommunications, which can …

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more popularly known as ObamaCare, is mired in the courts. A loose consortium of twenty-six state attorneys general filed a series of lawsuits challenging the courts constitutionality last year – and this year obtained a ruling from a federal judge in Tallahassee striking down the law as unconstitutional. The Obama administration plans to …