D&O Insurance Myths (Part 1)
Blogging made him both the Pope and the Tom Hanks of D&O insurance - Legally Contented Podcast
D&O Insurance: Better to Have it And Not Need it Than Need it And Not Have it
ESG is All The Rage, but How Does It Intersect with the D&O and RWI Insurance Markets?
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Lessons Learned From the Early Days of SPAC Mania
Smoother Sailing or Choppy Waters: What Lies Ahead for the 2022 D&O Market?
Takeaways From Recent Claims Against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook – Mitigating the Heightened Risk of Privacy Suits Against Individual Directors and Officers
Wait, are we related? Well, that depends on the facts and circumstances of each Claim
Don’t Step on a Crack in the SPAC/deSPAC Insurance Claim Process
The Intersection of Insurance and Bankruptcy – Part 2
NGE On Demand: Insurance and Indemnity Issues for Family Offices with Angela Elbert
The Brave New Frontier of Securing D&O Insurance for SPACs and deSPACs
NGE On Demand: Insurance Issues in Bankruptcy with Jason Frye
The D&O Renewal Market: Will the Wild Ride of Premium Increases, Stretched Capacity and Restrictive Terms Continue?
On-Demand Webinar | Insurance Issues Faced by Employers in Times of COVID-19
Internal Investigations: The Impact of the Yates Memo, the FCPA Unit Pilot Program and Recent Legal Decisions
The Intersection of Cyber and D&O Coverage
Is Private/Non-Profit D&O Coverage Under Priced?
Halliburton: Good for the Plaintiffs’ Bar?
D&O in Brazil and Latin America
Directors and Officers (D&O) policies are intended first and foremost to protect a company’s individual directors and officers from significant claims which may be asserted against those individuals in their capacities as...more
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has dominated the news and left the market reeling in its wake. As businesses continue to respond to the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, we have highlighted risks that...more
With bank stability and the related stock market rout now dominating the headlines for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, are financial institutions’ D&O and bankers’ professional liability / E&O (“BPL”)...more
US regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, marking the second largest US bank failure in history and largest since the 2008 global financial crisis. In response, investors began selling off stocks of other...more
Directors and officers (D&Os) of troubled companies should be highly sensitive to D&O insurance policies with Prior Act Exclusion. While policies with such exclusion may be cheaper, a recent decision by the U.S. Court of...more
One of the most heavily-litigated exclusions in modern insurance coverage practice was the subject of a recent district court decision involving allegedly misleading marketing by for-profit colleges. Exclusions for claims or...more
This survey covers the legal principles governing Georgia businesses, their management and ownership. It catalogs decisions ruling on issues of corporate, limited liability company and partnership law, as well as transactions...more
Five Lessons Health Care Companies Should Learn From Cyberattacks - The American health care industry is under attack by sophisticated hackers seeking access to electronic medical records. Since January, three health...more
Insured v. Insured Exclusion Ambiguous When Applied to FDIC, 11th Circuit Rules - Why it matters: In the continuing split among courts considering insured v. insured exclusions, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court...more
Giving and Receiving: Insuring Company-Sponsored Volunteerism: This is the time of year when we are reminded of the importance of giving. Many companies not only donate generously to nonprofits and community programs,...more
Why it matters - In the latest decision to weigh in on the scope of the Insured v. Insured exclusion, a California court has held that it is ambiguous as applied to suits brought by the FDIC, and therefore does not...more
Court’s Decision Prompts Policyholders to Seek Defense Quickly or Risk Awaiting Conclusion of Coverage Action to See Reimbursement - Why it matters: A policyholder who does not act promptly to seek advancement...more
As the wave of litigation spawned by the 2008 financial crisis begins to ebb, insurance-coverage litigation arising out of the credit crisis continues unabated. Financial institutions have successfully pursued insurance...more
Washington Supreme Court Rules That It Was Error To Delay Adjudication Of Insurer’s Duty To Defend, But Should Stay Discovery As To Insurer’s Coverage Defenses - Why it matters: The Washington Supreme Court...more
When a corporation suffers significant losses, or ultimately fails, frustrated shareholders, creditors, or others often try to sue the corporation and/or its officers and directors for losses caused by mismanagement of the...more
FDIC Cautions Financial Institutions About D&O Insurance - Noting a rise in the use of exclusions in insurance policies for executives at financial institutions, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation urged banks to...more
On October 10, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter 47-2013, urging directors and officers (D&O) of financial institutions to examine their institutions’ D&O insurance coverage to ensure adequate protection for...more
The FDIC issued a financial institution letter (“FIL-47-2013”) concerning exclusions from, and limits on indemnification for civil money penalties (“CMPs”) under, banks’ director and officer liability insurance policies ...more