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Hogan Lovells

Key risk trends for Directors and Officers in 2025 and beyond

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2024 was a standout year for the Directors and Officers (“D&O”) insurance market, as the industry navigated legislative upheaval and case law developments with remarkable resilience. Despite increasing mass-shareholder...more

K&L Gates LLP

UK Offence of 'Failure to Prevent Fraud': D&O Insurance Can Help the Board to Mitigate Risk

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In 2023, the UK Government introduced the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) with the aim of reducing economic crime in the UK. The Act introduced a number of measures including a new offence of "failure...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Market Alert – September 2022

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In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The Hogan Lovells Navigating Deep Waters survey’s findings that the majority of companies...more

White & Case LLP

The Construction Industry, Insolvency and Directors’ Liabilities

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A Singaporean construction company in liquidation has successfully sued one of its former directors for failing to act in the best interests of the company, highlighting the importance of directors being aware of, and...more

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XL’s injunction not “sneaky” in support of arbitration clause in UK D&O Policy

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In XL v Little (May 2019), the Commercial Court granted a final anti-suit injunction to prevent Mr Little, a US individual, from bringing his D&O claim in New York in breach of the insurance policy’s London arbitration...more

A&O Shearman

Directors’ liability D&O: Entering uncharted territory

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Welcome to this the fifth edition in our series of surveys on directors’ liabilities, brought to you by the international law firm Allen & Overy LLP and the global advisory broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson. ...more

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