In the brilliant long-form podcast Fall of Civilizations, author Paul Cooper gives listeners a sense of how average citizens living in Tenochtitlan, Angkor Wat, Rome, and Constantinople may have felt as once-mighty empires…
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/ Business Organizations, Insurance, Securities Law
In today’s fast-paced work environment, keeping communication clear and engaging with your team is more important than ever. With the increasing complexities brought on by diverse workforces, remote teams, and various…
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/ Business Organizations, Communications & Media Law, Labor & Employment Law
There is significant complexity to the process of protecting a company and its directors and officers as they undertake the process of going public. This resource is your guide to the D&O insurance process for de-SPAC…
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/ Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Securities Law
The 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium brought together leading voices in the professional liability space to discuss the evolving risks corporate leaders are facing. I was privileged to moderate the panel on securities litigation, a topic…
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/ Civil Procedure, Insurance, Securities Law
In 2024, global venture investment in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) grew to more than $56 billion, a 94% year-over-year increase from 2023. From 2023 to 2025, Nvidia’s market cap has grown from about $500 billion…
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/ Finance & Banking, Insurance, Science, Computers, & Technology
Autonomous agents, agentic artificial intelligence (AI), or AI agents seem to be all the rage lately. Most recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was quoted as saying that today’s CEOs will be the last to lead all-human…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology
The commercial insurance market remains a buyers’ market across all sectors except for casualty. Within the casualty market, workers' compensation stands out as the only bright spot, with rates continuing to decline. In…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is becoming a key regulatory strategy in sustainability, holding companies accountable for the lifecycle impacts of their products, especially packaging. Governments worldwide, including…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Environmental Law
The recent fires in California had a devastating impact on various communities, with many homeowners losing or facing severe damage to their properties. As residents begin the challenging process of recovery, understanding how…
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/ Insurance, Real Estate - Residential
We’ve recently received a handful of inquiries regarding the placement of sell-side reps and warranties insurance (RWI) policies. Given the relative rarity of these policies compared to their buy-side counterparts, we felt a…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions
In this last article in his three-part series, my partner and securities litigator Walker Newell looked at motion to dismiss trends in the Central District of California, which covers Los Angeles and Orange County. The CD Cal,…
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/ Civil Procedure, Insurance, Securities Law
The SPAC market is finally making a comeback. As we enter a period of the long-awaited SPAC revival, some liability dangers persist. Two common questions that keep being raised by our clients are: How much liability should…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insurance, Securities Law
As AI technologies like ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have gained prominence, our clients have started raising questions about their insurance coverage. Among the most frequently asked are: These questions highlight…
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/ Business Organizations, Insurance, Science, Computers, & Technology
Woodruff Sawyer’s D&O Databox™ Year-End Report provides insights about securities class action activities, developments, and historical trends—sourced from Databox, our proprietary database and leading resource for securities…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
With the 2024 reference year RxDC reporting deadline approaching in June, plan sponsors should re-familiarize themselves with the reporting requirements. The 2024 reference year RxDC Reporting Instructions have been released,…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
