Putting the Brakes on Losses: Insurance Coverage for Auto Finance Companies Facing Stormy Market Conditions

Casualty Insurance for Historic Structures: Tread Carefully

Is Your D&O Policy Bankruptcy Ready? 10 Underwriting Tips to Protect Your Directors and Officers

Benzene-related Litigation’s Increasing Impact on the Paint and Coatings Industry: Is Your Company Covered?

Potential Sale of Midland Estate

Mortgage Borrowers Win Official Committee Status in American Home Mortgage Bankruptcy Case

Web 2.0: The Internet's New IP Frontier

Little Fish, Big Ponzi: Recouping Madoff Losses Through Insurance Proceeds

Settling A Securities Suit: 'Loss' Under D&O Policy?

Managing the Risks of Chinese Manufacturing and Imports

Insurance Coverage for Lawsuits Seeking Funding for Medical Monitoring Programs

Protecting Against Product Liability and Recalls

Throughout 2007, almost daily announcements of recalls appeared in the news. These recalls affected almost every economic sector, involving products such as pet food, contact lens solution, pharmaceuticals, spinach, household appliances, home electronics, jewelry, furniture, clothing and toys.

Dig Deep to Win Pollution Claims Fights

Insurance Coverage for Contractors' Asbestos Liabilities: Key Settlement Issues

Recent Decision Rejecting Coverage for Benzene Defendant Has Limited Application

Non-Products Coverage for Contractors' Asbestos Liabilities

Insulation and refractory companies that once worked with asbestos have become front-line defendants in asbestos bodily injury tort litigation. Fortunately, liability insurance policies commonly purchased by such companies provide potent coverage - known as non-products coverage - that may protect them from potentially catastrophic liability and defense costs.

Women to Watch

Clearing the Air: Rebuffing Insurance Company Efforts to Extend the Scope of the Pollution Exclusion to Benzene-Related Product Liability Claims

Climate Change Exclusion

Global warming is becoming a topic of great concern to corporate America. Rachel Kronowitz discusses how the Supreme Court's ruling this week will affect the planning and structuring of insurance coverage with climate change in mind, and how, through risk management, companies can adequately prepare for the future.

Plan Response to Food Crisis

In today's business world, it is always smart to have a plan. Attorneys Jonathan M. Cohen and Kami E. Quinn discuss the recent E. coli breakout in contaminated spinach products and a strategy for companies to deal with the legal ramifications of contaminated products.

Alternative Risk Financing

Sparked by a wave of natural disasters and terrorist attacks, the costs of traditional Insurance have risen significantly. Businesses are therefore now seeking alternative ways to cover their high-impact risks. Rachel S. Kronowitz and Chidi J. Ogene outline the benefits of a variety of alternative risk financing techniques.

Protecting Your Company From Consumer Protection Claims

Every company, large and small, has had to deal with unhappy consumers at one time or another. Attorneys Jonathan M. Cohen and Kami E. Quinn from the law offices of Gilbert Randolph LLP, strategize new and effective ways for businesses to manage claims, use their insurance policies effectively, and plan for the future.

On Backdating Battles

The recent wave of investigation and lawsuits involving the alleged backdating of stock options promises to become one of the most widespread corporate crises in recent years. As these allegations mount, targets of the investigations will look to their insurance companies to help pay their potentially substantial defense costs and any resulting liabilities.

A New Front in the Backdating Stock Options Battle

The next front in the rapidly escalating bottle involving backdated stock options may well pit the companies, directors and officers under investigation against their insurance companies. Jonathan Cohen, Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP

Seniority Systems as a Potential Threat to Equal Employment Opportunity - Harris v. Bekins Van Lines

Sovereign Impunity: Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Bar Lawsuits Against the Holy See in Clerical Sexual Abuse Cases?