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Troutman Pepper Locke

2024 D&O and Professional Liability Year in Review

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The past year once again saw a breadth of court decisions addressing a wide variety of directors and officers and professional liability insurance coverage issues. At various levels, state and federal courts across the...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Personal Liability Protection: A Simple Guide for Directors and Officers

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As a director or officer of a public or private company, you need to have strong protections in place to reduce your exposure to personal liability, as well as appropriately respond in case you become subject to an...more

Gray Reed

Delaware Supreme Court Applies Delaware Law to Determine D&O Coverage for Delaware Corporations

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The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that Delaware law applies to the interpretation of directors and officers liability (“D&O”) insurance coverage issued to Delaware corporations. RSUI Indem. Co. v. Murdock, et al., 248 A.3d 887...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Don't Jump Without a Parachute! Understanding Community Association Insurance Needs

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, many Community Associations located in the Eastern part of the state had a rude awakening when they discovered they didn't have the right amount and/or proper type of insurance...more

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The Private Vs. Public D&O Insurance Forum: Important Considerations for Companies Looking to Avoid Growing Pains

Although it has become common for corporate directors and officers to face claims seeking to hold them personally liable for alleged damages resulting from actions taken in their official capacity, it wasn’t always this way....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Making Sure the Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Navigating Director and Officer Liability Insurance for Community Associations

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A community or property owner association ("Association") acts through board members and officers who are volunteers and are generally willing to serve because they care about their communities. But in this day and age,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Risky Business: Protecting the Assets of Directors

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Directors and officers are exposed to potential liability from suits by the company, shareholders, and debt holders, among others. There are, however, a number of protections available to protect the assets of directors and...more

King & Spalding

Time to Elevate Insurance Provisions That Allocate Loss: Enhancing Coverage Under Executive Risk Liability Policies

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One of the primary functions of an executive risk liability policy, such as a directors and officers (“D&O”) liability policy, is to protect companies from the risk of covering costs incurred in the defense of its corporate...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

D&O Coverage: The Devil Is In the Details

A five-paragraph opinion by the New York Appellate Division suggests the potentially devastating consequences of ignoring the fine print of Directors & Officers Liability insurance policies. In Associated Community Bancorp.,...more

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