Larry Fine
In the following guest post, Larry Fine takes a look at the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 2025 decision in the Cornell University ERISA fiduciary liability case. Larry is Management Liability Coverage Leader, Willis FINEX. A
Sarah Abrams
We are now well into the new Trump administration. The President’s nominee to head the SEC, Paul Atkins, has now been sworn in. At the same time, the SEC is also dealing with the fallout from the U.S.
As part of our beat here at The D&O Diary, we read all of the new securities class action lawsuit complaints as they come in. As a result, we have become quite accustomed to the reality that, as Bloomberg columnist
In late March, Delaware enacted S.B. 21, legislation calculated to encourage companies to incorporate in the state, and to stay in the stay, rather than incorporating or reincorporating elsewhere. The bill included measures that could affect corporate litigation in
As I noted in a recent post (here), even though we are now more than five years past the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., companies continue to be hit with securities class action lawsuits alleging that the
Sarah Abrams
One of the current hot topics is corporate and securities law is whether Delaware companies should reincorporate in other states, particularly in the states of Nevada or Texas. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims
Even before the start of the new Trump administration, corporate DEI initiatives faced increasing scrutiny. With the new administration, DEI initiatives face even greater scrutiny. Following Trump’s January inauguration, the President and the Attorney General declared that the new
Sarah Abrams
In the wake of the SPAC IPO frenzy in 2021, SPAC activity cratered. However, as detailed in the following guest post from Sarah Abrams, there are signs that SPAC IPOs may be making a comeback, a revival that
There is no doubt that sentiment toward ESG initiatives has shifted – in the U.S. and elsewhere. For starters, the SEC recently voted to withdraw its court defense of its own climate change disclosure guidelines. The ESG pullback has also
It has now been over five years since the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. in March 2020, but the pandemic’s disruptive effects continue reverberate through the economy. In a newly filed securities lawsuit against auto rental company Avis Budget