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Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

McCarter & English, LLP on 6/19/2025

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

Weekly Blockchain Blog with Client Alert - August 2024 #2

BakerHostetler on 8/12/2024

Crypto Offerings Launch by Major Investment Bank, Asset Manager and Insurer - According to a recent report, a major multinational investment bank and financial services firm is now allowing its investment advisors to pitch...more

US Insurers: Climate Change Disclosure Litigation and Data Calls Await

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/18/2024

The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically this past month. There are multiple developments insurers should keep in mind – and not just the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent adoption...more

The SEC’s Charges Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer Provide Important Cybersecurity Lessons for Public...

White & Case LLP on 11/15/2023

On October 30, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that it filed charges against SolarWinds Corp. ("SolarWinds" or the "Company") and its Chief Information Security Officer ("CISO") in connection...more

Part Seven: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 3/16/2022

This is the seventh and final installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. Some key decisions impacting the D&O and securities law...more

Part One: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 2/11/2022

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) - These are challenging times for insurers, policyholders, and reinsurers. In the coming days, we will review—in a series of articles—some of the key trends and developments...more

Global Insurance Perspectives on Climate Change

Cozen O'Connor on 7/23/2021

Evolving climate change data presents an ominous trend that has the potential to upend historical assumptions of actuarial science. For example, in the last several years global risk markets have weathered historically...more

Is Your Insurance Program Ready for the Biden Administration?

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 2/3/2021

The Biden administration has hit the ground running with executive orders, regulatory and legislative priorities, and cabinet-level and other top posts being announced on a daily basis. Our public policy colleagues have been...more

Blog: D&O Coverage for Cyber and Privacy Related Exposure

Cooley LLP on 11/20/2019

It goes without saying that cybersecurity is a top D&O liability concern for organizations today. According to Willis Towers Watson’s 2018 Management Liability (Directors and Officers) U.S. Survey, respondents cited cyber...more

Blog: PLUS D&O Symposium: Rise of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Creates New Exposures

Cooley LLP on 2/15/2019

Last week, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held its annual Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance symposium, which brings together key players and thought-leaders in the insurance industry to discuss...more

Regulators Continue to Scrutinize Initial Coin Offerings

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2018

As reported in the most recent issue of Expect Focus, the SEC issued an investigative report in July cautioning market participants that distributed ledger (blockchain) technology-based offers and sales of digital "tokens" or...more

OCIE Lessons From Cybersecurity 2 Initiative

Carlton Fields on 10/9/2017

On August 7, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert containing observations from its Cybersecurity 2 Exam Initiative. As a follow-up to the 2014 Cybersecurity 1 initiative, the...more

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/16/2016

This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Are You Prepared for Disruption? New regulations, new challenges and opportunities [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

Carlton Fields on 8/29/2016

- Fed Takes First Steps Toward Setting Capital Requirements for Some Insurers - New Wave of COI Rate Increase Lawsuits Hits the Industry - STOLI Policies Cancelled, Insurers Retain Premium -...more

Prevailing in an Era of Regulatory Enforcement – Balancing Risk and Compliance [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

Carlton Fields on 7/26/2016

IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker SECURITIES - - FINRA to Assess Member Firms’ Culture - SEC Seeks Fund Responses to Distribution-In-Guise Guidance ...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Issues Final Rules Concerning Whistleblowers

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/16/2015

On October 6, 2015, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued final rules formalizing whistleblower procedures to be implemented by certain banks, building societies, credit unions, investment firms, and insurance and...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - February 2015 (Updated)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/2/2015

In This Issue - White House Releases Proposed Privacy Legislation - Lessons from the Anthem Data Breach - SEC and FINRA Release Results of Industrywide Cybersecurity Examination Sweeps - COSO Releases Report on...more

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