It is a truth universally acknowledged that a public company D&O insurance practice requires knowledge of the federal securities laws. And so like many others in our field, I have had to back-and- fill a working knowledge of the securities laws. Due to the way I acquired this knowledge, there are some bare spots – in particular, I sometimes am hamstrung because I lack the perspective that would allow me to see how it all fits together. So every now and then, I need to step back and reengage with the basics. All too often I find myself relying on the indifferent result of a Google search for this gap-filling. I have never really found a good, manageable source to use for caulking those securities law gaps. Until now, that is.
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