Risk Management

Addressing Third Party Compliance Risk

The risk that contractors will draw a company into a compliance issue has never been greater. Nathan Dreyfus and Guler […]

BP Appeals To Supreme Court In Oil Spill Damages Case

BP will appeal to the Supreme Court in a bid to keep from paying damages claims the company says are […]

Climate Change Insurance: A Product Whose Time Has Come

New kinds of risk management, in the form of insurance and securitization, as a plausible and necessary response.

Cyber-Coverage: Clarity or Confusion

With cyber breaches looming as a major concern for businesses, courts are split as to whether those damages are covered under traditional commercial general liability policies.

New York’s Court of Appeals Makes it Easier to Plead Whistleblower Law Claims

A decision by New York’s highest court may make it easier for whistleblower claims to reach the time-consuming and expensive discovery stage.

Providing Disaster Or Hardship Assistance To Employees

The Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 enables employers to fund relief programs through charitable organizations aimed at […]

A Recent Folly by General Mills Exemplifies the Need to Consider the Business Consequences of All Legal Decisions

Without thoroughly vetting a legal decision, unintended business consequences could overshadow the intended benefits.

Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage

The proposed Defend Trade Secrets Act, a bipartisan effort to amend the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to create the first federal private right-of-action for theft of trade secrets, may create a uniform standard for trade secret misappropriation, and facilitate access to federal courts.

Whose Risk Is It Anyway? New Revenue Ruling Provides Guidance for Employee Benefits Captives

The IRS recently provided guidance in the rapidly expanding area of insuring or reinsuring employee benefits with captives, reaffirming current rules on the issue.

‘Business Risk Index’ From Travelers

Medical cost inflation was ranked by business decision-makers as the top business risk, in a survey conducted by the Travelers […]

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