Every year just after Labor Day, I take a step back and survey the most important current trends and developments in the world of Directors’ and Officers’ liability and D&O insurance. This year’s survey is set out below. Once again, there are a host of things worth watching in the world of D&O. Will the Near-Record Pace of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Filings Continue? The recent heightened pace of securities class action lawsuit filings remains a significant concern. 2017 was a record-setting year for securities class action lawsuit filings, and the torrid pace of securities suit filings continued in the first half of 2018, coming in at a level only very slightly below last year’s record pace. While a significant number of the first half filings are attributable to merger objection lawsuit lawsuits, the number of traditional filings alone during the year’s first half was well above historical levels. If the first…
Read more detail on Recent Corporate Law Department posts –
