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Chambers just ranked ours as one of the country’s leading business law firms.

Awards aren’t everything in the legal profession. Still, when you have been selected as one of the country’s leading business law firms - as Dickinson Wright has - it tells you something. Especially when you consider that Chambers does such extensive research in every state to determine the best business lawyers in the country.

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SERVICES


Litigation

  • Representation of insurers and health care corporations in claim, coverage, ERISA, and market practices litigation in trial and appellate courts across the state, the region and nationally


  • Representation of insurers and health care corporations in putative class actions and complex multi-district actions


  • Representation of insurers, health care corporations, and HMOs in administrative compliance proceedings, arbitrations, licensing proceedings, and contested matters arising under various states' insurance codes, administrative procedures acts, and nonprofit health care corporation acts


  • Representation of insurers and health care corporations in commercial litigations involving relationships with agents, brokers, and employees, defense of security-based fraud claims, RICO actions arising out of diverse relationships, and real estate and other investment modalities


    • Regulatory Matters

  • Representation of state regulators, insurers, health care corporations, HMOs, creditors, and suppliers with regard to informal and formal receivership proceedings of insurers and HMOs


  • Representations in all manner of regulatory issues including the demutualization of insurers, securing initial or expanded certificates of authority in all states and jurisdictions, change of control proceedings, representation of domestic, foreign and alien insurers in regulatory approvals related to financing transactions, declaratory ruling requests, withdrawals from markets, and myriad other issues


  • Drafting, securing approvals of, and implementation of various insurance products, including policy forms, contracts effectuating affiliate transactions, and trust issues


    • Business Structures Practice

  • Formation of insurers and alternative insurance entities, including risk pools, governmental self-insurance pools, and self-insured retention programs


  • Acquisitions and dispositions of insurers and HMOs for investor groups and various holding companies and financial organizations


  • Mergers of insurers, HMOs, and holding companies


  • Public and private placements of stock and debt instruments for holding companies


  • Negotiation, documentation, and implementation of fronting, reinsurance, and general agency and MGA programs


  • Representation of insurers in material commercial and real estate transactions, including tax planning for insurers


    • Labor & Employment

  • Labor and employment matters, including employee class action litigation, EEOC and comparable state proceedings, wrongful discharge and discrimination representation, wage and hour claims, and other employer/employee issues


  • Preventative counseling, including development of personnel policies and handbooks, employment contracts, workforce reorganization plans, noncompete and related agreements, affirmative action policies, and supervisor training


    • Immigration

  • Citizenship proceedings and work visa issues for all types of positions, employment eligibility counseling (Form I-9 compliance and employer sanctions), non-immigrant (temporary, e.g., B, E, H, L and O) business/work visas, green cards, and labor certifications


    • Benefits

    All aspects of employee benefit and retirement plans, including 125 cafeteria plans (allowing for pre-tax payment of health care premiums, and health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts), 457 deferred compensation plans, 401(k) annuity plans and pension plans; and issues relating to HIPAA medical information privacy requirements that apply to a company's health care plans; and ERISA related matters


    Insurance Industry Group Communication

    The Insurance Industry Group provides the following communications to its clients and contacts:

  • Quarterly industry update focusing on Michigan and the Great Lakes states