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Climate Change-Related Losses and Other Event-Driven Litigation Risks
In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes discuss how climate change-related events such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires can lead to related securities litigation, creating additional risk for corporations, directors and officers and their D&O insurers.Text Message, Stopped Midsentence, Helps Clinch $235,000 Settlement
The insurance carrier for a woman who was texting her husband about dinner while driving has settled a lawsuit for $235,000. While texting, Dasantila Rook's vehicle crossed the yellow line and struck a vehicle driven by Kelsey Lisk.Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Statute and Chapter Amendment Bill: Part II
Part I of this two-part column examined the backdrop to the establishment late last year of the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct, as well as the scope of the new Commission's authority. Today's Part II examines the makeup of the Commission and its staff and the conduct of Commission proceedings, including its investigatory powers.View more book results for the query "*"
Forum Shopping in Fraud Proceedings: What Will UK Courts Tolerate?
Do not attempt to present an artificially constructed case to try to forum shop in the London courts. That is the stark message for overseas litigants, following the High Court's decision to throw out a case brought by a state-owned Ukrainian bank against its Swiss-domiciled former owners earlier this month.Armstrong Teasdale Launches NY Office, Taking 16 More From Montgomery McCracken
The Midwest-based Am Law 200 firm made its East Coast debut last year in Philadelphia, also with a group from Montgomery McCracken.NY State Judicial Conduct Watchdog Requests 6 Percent Budget Increase
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said Monday that an increase of $359,000 over its current $5.7 million budget would help the panel tackle a 25 percent increase in its activity over the past decade.