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Robins Kaplan LLP

Considerations for D&O Insurance in Light of the Changing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Legal Landscape

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After George Floyd’s death in May 2020, companies (including their directors and officers) are facing increasing liability exposure and scrutiny from both sides of the political aisle relating to diversity, equity, and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Is D&O Insurance a Good Idea for a Family Business?

Directors and officers (D&O) insurance is intended to protect the directors and officers of a business against personal losses they may suffer as a result of a lawsuit against them. The losses incurred may come in the form of...more

White and Williams LLP

Social Inflation and the Potential Impact of COVID-19

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Much has been written about social inflation and the enormity of its impact on the insurance industry. There is little debate that many industry insiders blame social inflation for nuclear verdicts, the increased number of...more

Morgan Lewis

Singapore Exchange Amends Listing Rules Following Changes to the Companies Act

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The Singapore Exchange has introduced amendments to the Mainboard and Catalist listing rules—including in relation to the electronic transmission of documents to shareholders, exemptions for insurance coverage and indemnities...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Do You Need Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance for a Family-Owned Business?

Family business owners may assume that D&O insurance coverage is necessary only for publicly traded corporations and large, non-family owned private businesses. That is not the case. Individual directors and officers of a...more

Carlton Fields

Is It Still Privileged? An Insurer’s Disclosure Of Information To Its Reinsurers And Brokers Waives Privilege … Sometimes.

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A federal district court recently held that an insurer waived any claim of attorney-client or work product privilege when it disclosed otherwise potentially privileged information to its reinsurers and to its broker. In doing...more

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