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Wiley Rein LLP

Third Circuit: Changes in Exposure Provision Bars Coverage for Pre-Merger Liabilities

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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, applying Pennsylvania law, affirmed judgment on the pleadings in favor of a group of insurers on the ground that a Changes in Exposure...more

Woodruff Sawyer

R&W Insurance: What to Know About Sell-Side Policies

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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...more

K&L Gates LLP

RWI in Health Care M&A: Part 2

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In part two of this two-part series, Matt Miller and Andrew Lloyd analyze represenmarket.tations and warranties insurance (RWI) in the health care M&A -2landscape. They discuss the process of finding and securing an...more

Cooley LLP

Representation and Warranty Insurance for M&A Deals: Cooling Market and Emerging Trends

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While representation and warranty (R&W) insurance continues to be used across a broad range of M&A transactions, its use has cooled as dealmakers navigate challenging market conditions. Even for deals that are getting done, a...more

Woodruff Sawyer

The Impact of Underlying Insurance Policy Types on Reps and Warranties Insurance and M&A

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Most forms of insurance fall into one of two categories: claims-made or occurrence-based. This distinction is crucial when you are acquiring a new company and deciding how best to merge the target’s existing insurance...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Leverages the Private Sector To Achieve Enforcement Goals

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Key Points - - In the latest round of additions to the DOJ’s programs to incentivize voluntary self-disclosure of wrongdoing by corporations, the DOJ has rolled out new policies that outline concrete incentives for...more

BCLP

RWI Market Turning to Unlikely Industries for New Deals: Health Care RWI Terms & Conditions Improving

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Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI) has increasingly become a tool employed by both Buyers and Sellers to shift away from the traditional indemnification model of escrows or other mechanisms that could tie up...more

Miller Nash LLP

[Webinar] Cannabis, Insurance, and Risk Management: Tools to Prevent Loss and Make Insurance a Profit Center - March 29th, 12:00...

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Cannabis operators and ancillary service providers face mounting losses and liabilities from theft, cyber-attacks, natural disasters, product recalls, text marketing, and employment wage and hour issues. In 2022, risk...more

Winstead PC

Reps & Warranties Insurance: A Game Changer for Business Owners Providing the Opportunity for a Virtually Risk-Free Sale of the...

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Historically, the sale of a private company carried with it a significant risk of claims by the purchaser. Months or even years after the sale closed, purchasers would frequently contend that the seller’s representations and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Representations & Warranties Insurance: Understanding the Underwriting Process, Timeline, and Key Coverage Terms

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The use of representations and warranties insurance is becoming increasingly commonplace in M&A transactions, particularly in competitive auction processes where use of the product has become almost ubiquitous. While much has...more

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