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D&O Insurance Liability

Felicello Law PC

Congratulations On Your New Role: Here’s How to Protect Yourself Legally

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If you have recently obtained a new position in the C-Suite, you are aware that the new position brings prestige, authority, and opportunity. But you may not be aware that as an officer of a company, you have also increased...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Protecting Sponsors from Emerging Portfolio Company Risks through Insurance

In addition to the normal operational and legal risks associated with owning and managing portfolio companies, 2025 has introduced or exacerbated a wave of geopolitical and macroeconomic risks such as inflation, tariffs,...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Basic but Important Considerations for Corporations—Both For-Profit and Non-Profit: Understanding Director and Officer Liability...

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Depending on the scope of the policy, the policy may also provide coverage for members of corporate committees or defined classes of volunteers. Corporations do! Whether for-profit or non-profit, corporations act through...more

Wiley Rein LLP

California Federal Court Holds Coverage Barred By Prior Notice Exclusion and Related Claims Provision

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The United States District Court for the Central District of California, applying California law, granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that (1) the policy’s prior notice exclusion applied; and (2) the...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Q4 2024 Commercial Insurance Update: A Buyer’s Market Except For Casualty

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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...more

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SPAC Sponsor Liability and Insurance Solutions

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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...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Xerox Obtains Important Pro-Policyholder Decision in New York’s First Department, Adopting Narrow Construction of “Arising From”...

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In March last year, New York’s Appellate Division – First Department issued Xerox an important pro-policyholder decision in its D&O insurance recovery action against Travelers, arising from Xerox’s failed 2018 merger with...more

A&O Shearman

Chief Information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for PE firms

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Managing these risks at a single company should be straightforward.  Executives and CISOs may be personally held accountable for cyber failings, negligence, breaches, and inadequate disclosure around cyber vulnerabilities and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law 2021 – 2022

A review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels in 2021 and 2022. Governance - Striltschuk v. Hryckowian, 202 A.D.3d 497, 160 N.Y.S.3d 56 (2022) - ...more

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service

Blogging made him both the Pope and the Tom Hanks of D&O insurance - Legally Contented Podcast

In this episode, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Kevin LaCroix, an attorney and Executive Vice President, RT ProExec, a division of R-T Specialty, LLC. RT ProExec is an insurance...more

Kerr Russell

Court Ruling Offers New Consideration For Corporate Officers, Directors And LLC Managers

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Managers of LLCs have similar duties to members of LLCs. A breach of these fiduciary duties can lead to a lawsuit and personal liability for directors, officers and LLC managers. ...more

Baker Donelson

The Bankruptcy Corner: Is Your D&O/Lender Liability Coverage High Danger Proof?

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When Baker Donelson's Advocacy Department invites the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy (CRaB) practice group to submit an article for the Trial Spotlight Newsletter it creates the editorial equivalent of hockey's...more

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