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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

No. 172: Herbalife, the Federal Trade Commission, and a Wake-up Call for Primerica

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Herbalife International of America, Inc. and its affiliates sell nutrition supplements and other products through a "multilevel market...
Monday, July 11, 2016

No. 171: Cost-of-Insurance Increases—Additional Secret Information from AXA Equitable Life Becomes Public

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In No. 143 (February 15, 2016) and No. 169 (June 28, 2016), I discussed a cost-of-insurance (COI) class action lawsuit that Brach Family Fo...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

No. 170: MetLife and the Financial Stability Oversight Council—The Dispute over the Company's Designation as a Nonbank Systemically Important Financial Institution

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On December 18, 2014, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designated MetLife, Inc. a nonbank systemically important financial ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

No. 169: Cost-of-Insurance Increases—A Federal Judge Denies AXA Equitable Life's Outrageous Request for Secrecy

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In No. 143 (posted February 15, 2016) I discussed a cost-of-insurance (COI) class action lawsuit filed February 1, 2016 against AXA Equitab...
Friday, June 24, 2016

No. 168: Byron K. Smith—A Memorial Tribute

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Byron K. Smith Byron K. Smith, a native and lifelong resident of Bloomington, Indiana, died May 29, 2016, at age 71. The obituary in ou...
Monday, June 20, 2016

No. 167: STOLI Fraud and Daniel Carpenter—A Federal Judge Hands Down a Verdict of Guilty on 57 Criminal Counts

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On June 6, 2016, after a bench trial, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny found Daniel E. Carpenter guilty on all 57 counts of an indict...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

No. 166: STOLI—A Five-Year Federal Criminal Investigation of Imperial Holdings Ends with No Prison Time for the Defendants

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On September 27, 2011, federal agents raided the headquarters of Imperial Holdings, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL), a company engaged in premium fina...