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  1. Zalma on Insurance

    Compact Books on Adjusting Claims

    By Barry Zalma

    How to Adjust Property or Liability Claims Are you new to insurance claims? Have you recently hired new insurance adjusters? Do you need to give your claims staff the basics…

  2. Eagle Harbor Insurance Blog

    Eagle Harbor Insurance can cover it all!!!!

    By Tom Sawyer

    Home Insurance , Auto Insurance, Umbrella Insurance, Builders Risk Insurance, Business Insurance , Professional Liability Insurance (E/O), Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance , Travel Insurance, Inland Marine Insurance ,…

  3. Virgin Islands Law Blog

    How Nonprofit Directors Can Avoid Legal Liability

    By Tom Bolt

    There are some circumstances in which directors of nonprofit organizations can be held legally liable for acts they carried on behalf of the organization, or acts that could be construed…

  4. PrawfsBlawg

    The return of Skelly Oil and the Well Pleaded Complaint

    By prawfsblawg@gmail.com

    Main Tuesday, July 17, 2018The return of Skelly Oil and the Well Pleaded ComplaintMGM Resorts and affiliated companies, owner of the Mandalay Bay Resort and the adjacent fairgrounds at which…

  5. China Law Insight

    金杜资管法律主题月 | 资管新规:明晰谨慎义务,避免刚性兑付

    By King & Wood

    本文针对受托人谨慎义务的来源、责任性质进行了阐述,同时结合司法实践对受托人谨慎义务的审查、认定,对非“刚性兑付”下受托人应如何“尽责”提出了几点建议。

  6. Policyholder Perspective

    Navigating the Autonomous-Vehicle Liability Waters

    By Tyler Gerking, David Hofmayer

    While experts debate how quickly autonomous vehicles (AVs) will take over our roads, there is little doubt they will be a fixture in the next decade. Fully self-driving vehicles are…

  7. TortsProf Blog

    McElhaney on Duty and Sovereign Immunity on Virginia’s Roads

    By Christopher Robinette

    Ian McElhaney has posted to SSRN If a Tree Falls in a Roadway, Is Anyone Liable?  Proposing the Duty of Reasonable Care for Virginia's Road-Maintaining Entities.  The abstract provides:“If a tree…

  8. China Law Insight

    金杜遇见独角兽丨那些令创始人紧张的赔偿责任

    By King & Wood

    作者:聂卫东 张涵钰 金杜律师事务所公司业务部 “金杜遇见独角兽”是我们新近推出的专栏,将定期发布跟“独角兽”相关的各种专业、前沿的观点述评与行业观察。继上期推出“网络游戏热点法律问题系列问答”后,本期我们推出“独角兽捕手修炼手册”——高度浓缩投资过程中的真正风险点,以及如何把握那些来之不易的投资机会。我们将全部采用清单形式,严格限制清单条数和字数,希望让你在最短时间内有最大收获。 1. 连带责任 认购协议中一般会规定,赔偿方因为违反协议约定的陈述保证、承诺和义务条款使得受偿方遭受损失而对受偿方进行赔偿,创始人和公司需就赔偿责任承担连带责任。 2. 限制方式 为了减少自身的风险,公司/创始人有时会要求限制赔偿责任的范围,特别是在抢手的项目中。常见的限制方式主要有:为陈述和保证设置有效期限、设置赔偿责任上限、设置起赔额。 3. 陈述保证期限  公司会要求在交割后1到3年内终止其陈述和保证的责任(即终止后,投资人不得就违反陈述保证事宜提起诉讼),但该条款在中国法下的效力有待司法实践的检验。 4. 赔偿责任上限 公司会要求其赔偿责任不得超过一个最大限额(上限),比如投资人的投资额或创始人仅以其届时持有的公司股权为限承担赔偿责任。 5. 以投资额为限的陷阱  如接受赔偿责任的上限为投资人的投资额,则在创始人违反不竞争义务或强行将VIE协议控制断开等情况发生时,投资人届时的股权价值损失可能比其投资额大得多。因此,即便投资人同意对赔偿责任设定一个上限,也应确保该上限仅适用于对陈述保证的违反,而不适用于创始人/公司违反股东协议、公司章程以及增资协议交割后义务的情况。 6. 创始人股权/股权价值为上限 就创始人的个人赔偿责任,创始人也可能要求以其持有的公司股权/股权价值为限。对投资人而言,约定以创始人股权价值为限更为有利,这相当于约定了赔偿责任的上限金额,尽管创始人所持股权可能卖不到股权评估的价格,但投资人仍可在评估的价格内要求创始人承担赔偿责任。 7. 创始人股权范围 有时投资人还可以要求赔偿责任上限不仅包括创始人届时持有的股权价值,还应加上创始人已经套现卖出的股权对应的金额。另外,上述公司股权应包含创始人所持有的所有集团内公司的股权,这样就能涵盖VIE被拆除等特殊情况。 8. 起赔额 创始人和公司可能会要求设定一个引发赔偿责任所必须达到的损失金额(起赔额),比如除非投资人的单项损失索赔高于10万美元,否则投资人不得提起索赔。投资人可以考虑约定:如果单项索赔不超过起赔额,但多项索赔加起来超过了起赔额,也可以要求赔偿。 9. 例外 协议中应明确:在公司/创始人存在欺诈、故意或重大过失等情形下均不应适用赔偿责任限制;对于一些重大的陈述保证和责任也可以约定不适用赔偿责任限制。

  9. Plane-ly Spoken

    The Aviation Symposium Webinar Series Presents:

    By Fox Rothschild LLP

    Aviation and The SAFETY Act: Limiting Your Liability Whether you’re an airline, manufacturer, service provider, airport, or any other aviation business, you cannot miss this webinar. Nearly every business that…

  10. Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog

    Oklahoma Appeals Court Decision Highlights Importance of Examining Additional Insured Provisions in Liability Policies and Corresponding Subcontractor Agreements

    By Michael S. Levine

    In a ruling earlier this month, an Oklahoma appellate court ruled in JP Energy Marketing LLC v. Commerce and Industry Insurance Co., No. 115285, 2017 WL 7903997 (Okla. Civ. App.…