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Nessim Mezrahi

In the following guest post, Nessim Mezrahi reviews the ways in which the current surging stock market affects the potential exposures of publicly traded companies and the implications for the D&O insurance industry. Nessim is co-founder and CEO of the data analytics firm SAR LLC. SAR previously published a version of this article as a client alert. I would like to thank Nessim for allowing me to publish this article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to the site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Nessim’s article.Continue Reading Guest Post: Securities Litigation Exposure Increases During Bull Stock Market  

John Orr, Lawrence Fine, and Angus Duncan

In the following guest post, John Orr, Lawrence Fine, and Angus Duncan summarize the findings from the latest WTW Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Survey. John is WTW’s D&O Liability Product Leader; Larry is WTW’s Management Liability Coverage Leader; and Angus Duncan is a Global D&O Coverage Specialist for WTW. I would like to thank the authors 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 blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the author’s article.Continue Reading Guest Post: What has You Worried? Notes from WTW’s 2023 D&O Survey

Over the last few days, as updates about the spread of the coronavirus have dominated the news cycle and roiled financial markets, I have had a number of conversations about whether the emerging coronavirus outbreak could result in D&O claims. There is no doubt that if a building fire, a plane crash, or an oil spill can result in D&O claims, the impacts on any given company arising from a global pandemic might at least as a theoretical matter also result in a D&O claim. As discussed below, there are a number of ways in which circumstances surrounding the evolving coronavirus health crisis might result in D&O claims.
Continue Reading The Risk of Coronavirus-Related D&O Claims?

Samantha Wu

In prior posts, I have noted the series of U.S. securities class action lawsuits that have been filed recently against publicly traded companies in the cannabis business, including several Canadian companies. In the following guest post, Samantha Wu of the Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest Thomson Blackburn law firm in Toronto provides an overview of the unique exposures that directors and officers of Canadian cannabis companies face. A version of this article previously was published on the law firm’s website (here). I would like to thank Sam 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 blog’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Sam’s article.
Continue Reading Guest Post: Canadian Cannabis Companies’ Directors and Officers Face Unique Exposures

If the uncertainty creates risk, then the current state of play on the United Kingdom’s efforts to withdraw from the European Union represents risk in a highly concentrated form. On November 25, 2018, the 27 EU members approved the divorce pact that the U.K. negotiated with its EU counterparts, but the pact must now face a Parliamentary vote, on December 11, 2018. In the meantime, the March 29, 2019 withdrawal date looms. These upcoming events present uncertainties at both the economic and enterprise levels. The uncertainties in turn create challenges for potentially affected companies, including among other things the challenge of communicating about these issues to investors. As discussed below, SEC Chair Jay Clayton recently emphasized that the agency is “sharpening its focus” on Brexit-related disclosures, highlighting the significance of the disclosure-related concerns.
Continue Reading Brexit Uncertainty, Disclosure Concerns, and Potential Liability