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ABA Sound Advice: Conducting Civil Rights Audits: Benefits and Best Practices
The Justice Insiders: The Administrative State is Not Your Friend - A Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein
Litigation developments: federal forum provisions
The "Compass Rose" Method for Corporate Witness Interviews
Investment Management and Private Funds Roundtable: TALF 2020 and PPP Update
Securities Litigation and Disclosure Issues
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: SEC Disclosure Issues for Life Sciences Companies
Life Sciences Quarterly (Q3 2019): SEC Enforcement and Class Actions Regarding FDA Communications
Podcast: Credit Funds: What Managers Need to Know and Practical Tips to Avoid Insider Trading Risks
On July 24, 2025, Judge Jennifer Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action brought against a life insurance company (the “Company”) and certain of its...more
A Delaware Superior Court, applying Delaware law, has held that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) request to toll the statute of limitations did not constitute a “Securities Claim” under a D&O...more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California, applying California law, has held that an exception within an insured vs. insured (I v. I) exclusion of a D&O policy restored coverage for a suit...more
We’ve selected five recent insurance decisions for this month’s update. Foreign insurers will be pleased with the Second Circuit’s revamped view of the New York Convention. In finding that the international treaty is...more
In this month’s update, we discuss cases involving related wrongful acts, wildfires, concealment of a weapon, concealment of climate risks, and road rage. We begin in Delaware, where the state’s high court determines...more
The Supreme Court of Delaware, applying Delaware’s “meaningful linkage” standard, has held that wrongful acts alleged in a securities class action were meaningfully linked to wrongful acts alleged by the SEC, such that the...more
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
A Delaware court recently found for the policyholders in determining that a directors and officers (D&O) liability policy covered the settlement of an underlying action alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of...more
On February 4, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, determined that the Wrongful Acts alleged in a securities class action against Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. had a “meaningful linkage” with the Wrongful Acts...more
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
In a significant victory for policyholders, the Delaware Superior Court rejected three insurers' attempts to apply their Directors and Officers Liability ("D&O") policies' so-called "bump-up" exclusion to bar coverage for...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held, under Wisconsin law, that an exception for settlements of “Inadequate Consideration Claims” barred coverage for the insured’s...more
Coronaviruses represent a large family of viruses that can cause respiratory illnesses. The 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China represented the first severe virus that resulted from a coronavirus,...more
We are pleased to share with you the BakerHostetler 2014 Year-End Review of Class Actions, which offers a summary of some of the key developments in class action litigation during the past year. Class action litigation...more