Directors & Officers Liability


Possible Pandemic, Coronavirus Poised to Pose Risks to U.S. Companies
February 26, 2020 | Paul V. Majkowski | Employment & Labor | Directors & Officers Liability | Compliance, Investigations & White Collar | Complex Torts & Product Liability | Commercial Litigation

With the coronavirus outbreak continuing in China, significant new incidences being reported in South Korea and Italy, and stories of quarantines permeating the news, in addition to the catastrophic toll on human health, we are far from business as usual in many respects. In the U.S., a CDC official has now stated, “It’s not a

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FTC Issues Guidance for Responding to a Data Breach
November 10, 2016 | Directors & Officers Liability | Professional Liability | Privacy, Data & Cyber Law

The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a new guidance for businesses on responding to a data breach. The guidance, which is also available in video format on the FTC’s website here, sets forth the concrete steps that any business should take in the event that personal information has been hacked, stolen, or inadvertently exposed.

The

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Ruling Upholds Law Firm’s In-House Counsel Attorney-Client Privilege
August 12, 2016 | Directors & Officers Liability | Compliance, Investigations & White Collar | Professional Liability

In a hotly contested issue of first impression, the Appellate Division, First Department, has joined a multitude of jurisdictions and has ruled that attorneys who seek the advice of their own law firm’s in-house counsel on their ethical obligations in representing a current client of the firm may invoke the attorney-client privilege to resist subsequent

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Fyman co-authors article for ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal
April 5, 2016 | Professional Liability | Directors & Officers Liability

Avigael Fyman, a member of the Directors & Officers and Professional Liability Practice Groups, was a contributor to Recent Developments Affecting Professionals’, Directors’, and Officers’ Liability, which has been published in the Winter 2016 issue of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal.

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Notice-Prejudice Requirements In D&O Policies: Diverse Trends In Contract Language and Case Law
February 17, 2016 | Directors & Officers Liability

One of the hallmarks of a claims-made and reported policy historically has been the two-pronged requirement that (1) the claim against the insured must be first made during the policy period, and (2) the claim had to be reported to the insurer, if not strictly within the policy period, at least no later than a

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When Products Liability Begets Directors and Officers Liability
March 31, 2015 | Directors & Officers Liability

Joseph Monteleone, a partner in the firm’s Directors & Officers Liability Practice Group, has published an article entitled, “When Products Liability Begets Directors and Officers Liability,” in the Spring 2015 issue of New Jersey Defense. 

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Dealing With Divergent Interests Among Defense Counsel, the Primary In Complex Litigation Involving Directors and Officers
June 12, 2014 | Insurance Coverage | Directors & Officers Liability

Joseph Monteleone, a partner in the firm’s Directors & Officers Liability and Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Groups, published an article in the Plus Journal entitled, “Dealing With Divergent Interests Among Defense Counsel, the Primary Insurer and Excess Insurers in Complex Litigation Involving Directors and Officers.”

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The litigation of a claim for attorneys’ fees in small claims court does not have a preclusive effect on a subsequent claim for legal malpractice.
December 31, 2013 | Insurance Coverage | Directors & Officers Liability | Complex Torts & Product Liability | Professional Liability

Generally, the law in New York is that “a determination fixing a defendant’s fees in a prior action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff for fees for the same legal services which the plaintiff alleges were negligently performed, necessarily determines that there was no legal malpractice.” Breslin Realty Development Corp. v. Shaw, 72 A.D.3d

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New York Court holds that parents may assert legal malpractice as a defense to fee claims arising from attorneys’ representation of their children.
November 30, 2013 | Professional Liability | Insurance Coverage | Directors & Officers Liability | Complex Torts & Product Liability

Traditionally in New York, law guardians appointed in custody disputes were often viewed as taking on a role similar to that of a guardian ad litem, advocating for what they believed to be the best interests of the child, rather than advocating for the outcome desired by the child. Because these law guardians were often

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