Sarah Abrams

In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, examines the D&O underwriting issues that can arise in connection with defense contractors and other companies for whom national defense and security considerations might affect their public disclosure statements. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: It’s Classified
Richard Zelichov
Melanie Walker

Litigation parties have long sought to maneuver their cases into forums they believe to be more favorable to their positions or interests. In the following guest post, Richard Zelichov, Partner in the Corporate and Securities Litigation practice at DLA Piper (US), and Melanie Walker, Chair of the Corporate and Securities Litigation practice at DLA Piper (US), take a look at a recent variant of these efforts, involving shareholders who are seeking to avoid Delaware as a litigation forum. I would like to thank Richard and Melanie for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Richard and Melanie’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Legal Shopping Spree Continues in Internal Affairs Disputes: Key Case Developments

For those who, like me, watch bankruptcy filing developments for signs about the current and possible future state of the economy, recent data may be worrisome. Just Monday, the Wall Street Journal cited two recent auto parts companies’ bankruptcy filings as evidence of potential trouble in the U.S. credit markets, saying the developments and raising concerns that “something more profound is ailing American borrowers.” Consistent with these concerns, a recent report from Cornerstone Research shows that large company bankruptcy filings are indeed trending upward, with the largest increases in the most recent period. Signs are that these trends will continue going forward, as well.

Continue Reading Worrying Signs in Bankruptcy Statistics?
Sarah Abrams

There is no doubt that in many ways cryptocurrency is going mainstream. It is showing up in a surprisingly wide variety of places for a wide variety of reasons. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at recent suggestions that merchants could substitute stablecoin rewards as a form of customer loyalty payment and considers the potential D&O insurance underwriting implications. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Rewarding Stablecoins
Sarah Abrams

Securities class action lawsuits in the U.S. are very much subject to the rules of civil procedure regarding class action certification. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, examines a recent district court class action certification decision and considers its implication. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.

Continue Reading Failure to Launch
Lucas Roberts

The difficulty of relatedness determinations is a recurring topic on this site. The difficulty is in determining what degree of similarity between two claims is sufficient to make them “related” for purposes of insurance coverage determinations. In the following guest post, Lucas Roberts, Wholesale Broker, Anzen Insurance Solutions,  considers two recent specific cases to highlight the difficulty of reconciling relatedness cases. I would like to thank Lucas for allowing me to publish his article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Lucas’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: The Unpredictable World of Related Claims Determinations
Sarah Abrams

President Trump has made it clear that advancing efforts in the U.S. to develop artificial intelligence (AI) is a priority of his administration. But a recent criminal enforcement action and civil litigation raises the question whether the increasing prevalence of AI may pose significant new litigation risks that could have important implications for D&O insurance underwriters. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a closer look at the recent enforcement and litigation developments and considers the potential underwriting lessons. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sarah’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: AI-Bot D&O Risk

As noted in @Sarah Abrams’s recent guest post (here), President Trump last week proposed in a social media post changing the periodic reporting requirements for public companies from quarterly to semi-annual. Based on a separate interview of SEC Chair Paul Atkins published last week, it appears that the agency is prepared to move forward quickly with this proposal. We can expect to hear a lot of debate in the coming days about whether the proposed changed reporting requirements are a good idea. The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on Saturday about the proposed change, clearly coming down on the side that the proposed change is not a good idea. As discussed below, the article also had some interesting information and comparisons that will add to the discussion about the proposal.

Continue Reading All the Problems with Eliminating Quarterly Reporting