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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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A New Generation of SPACs Leads the Way Into 2025

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After a two-and-a-half-year lull in SPAC activity, the second half of 2024 brought glimmers of sunshine to the otherwise gloomy world of SPACs. New SPAC IPO activity picked up pace in the summer of 2024 and continued to grow,...more

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Large Derivative Suit Settlements and Your Side A D&O Insurance

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Traditionally, this has been the main type of derivative suit that has resulted in large settlements. Merger and acquisition cases are common here. Examples of these types of suits include Paramount Global (CBS-Viacom merger)...more

Jones Day

2020 Securities Litigation Year in Review

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2020 was another active year for securities litigation in the United States. Federal securities class actions continued to be filed at record levels notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a number of those newly...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

What Now? Addressing A Crisis Of Complexity Resulting From A Hardening D&O Insurance Market

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Following several quarters of double-digit rate hikes and increased retentions, the hardening marketing for directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance is adjusting to a “new normal” of increasing exposures, claims, and...more

White and Williams LLP

Decade-High BigLaw Billing Rate Growth in 2019: Are D&O Insurers Paying More in Claims Defense for the Same or Worse Results?

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Welcome to 2020, where BigLaw’s partner rates are expected to regularly cross the $2,000 an hour threshold for the first time! Associate rates have also skyrocketed — and now routinely exceed $1,000 an hour. As D&O insurers,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

#MeToo: Is Your Company Covered?

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A year ago, sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein rocked the entertainment industry and quickly led to the rise of the #MeToo movement, sparking an upsurge of reports and claims of sexual harassment...more

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Business Litigation Reporter October 2015

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Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation sessions and related courts throughout the country – courts within which...more

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