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A recent study, conducted by researchers from UC Irvine and Arizona State University, concludes that Southern California is long overdue for a major earthquake along the San Andreas Fault.

Directors and officers of companies face the possibility that even if they diligently discharge their duties to their stockholders their stockholders may still sue them.

Directors and officers are subject to personal unlimited liability so it is critical to ensure proper D&O coverage is in place well in advance of a liquidity event. A well structured D&O insurance policy will serve to protect the corporations balance sheet from unforeseen circumstances or events that might otherwise derail the initial public offering (IPO).

Has the Securities and Exchange Commission implemented a new risk oversight disclosure rule that might potentially be a bonanza for the plaintiff's bar?

On Friday, December 16, 2005, House and Senate negotiators completed a deal to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) through 2007. TRIA, passed by Congress in November 2002, created a three-year program in which the federal government would share in the cost of a foreign terrorist attack that produced at least $5 million in insured losses, was deemed a "certified act" by certain government officials, and met certain other requirements.

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The recent options backdating scandal has been instructive on a number of fronts.

There is little doubt that many of us are applauding the changes of the recent workers comp reform and its positive effect on the California business community. Be aware however, California Workers Compensation Applicant Attorneys are now increasingly turning their attention toward employment exposures that they have historically ignored.

So far the credit debacle and backdating cases haven't had an immediate impact on the price of Directors & Officers (D&O) liability insurance.

When it comes to indemnification agreements for in-house counsel, an interesting question arises given the ethical duties of attorneys.

The attached report gives a comprehensive overview of pandemic influenza, and the effects it could have on the workforce and a company's bottom line.

Could abuses of 10b5-1 trading plans become the next corporate governance scandal?