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For many years, companies and boards of directors have used internal investigations to address potential or identified wrongdoing within the company.  Typically, these internal investigations ...
The scope of coverage afforded under D&O and other types of policies is determined based not only on the terms and conditions of the policy, but also on the law applicable to the policy.  ...
The term “allocation” refers to the process of determining the amount of defense costs, settlements or judgments which is properly attributable or “allocated” to covered Claims against ...
Every wave of business failures or scandals leaves a legacy of lessons learned.  For example, the dot.com debacle in the late 1990s taught investors not to ignore lack of profitability or ...
This report analyzes the primary differences in management liability and insurance issues between these alternative entity forms and a traditional corporation.
It is commonly recognized that the size of settlements in securities class actions against directors and officers has increased dramatically in the post-Enron environment.  Equally troubling, ...