Recently by Lynda A. Bennett
The Team Approach To Placing Niche Insurance Policies
Editor : Howard, please tell our readers about your practice with Aon Risk Services Northeast, Inc. and describe your function within the firm. Tollin: Aon Risk Services provides risk management and brokerage services to commercial clients. I work in the Environmental Services Group and assist...
Read MoreMeeting The Diversity Challenge With All The Right Stuff
Editor: Ms. Bennett, you have been a part of the diversity initiative at Lowenstein since your arrival at the firm. For starters, would you tell us something about the culture at Lowenstein and the particular importance of diversity in that culture? Bennett: The firm has always valued diversity...
Read MoreDiversity - Law Firms Mock Trials: Early Outreach To Future Lawyers In The Minority Community
As corporate counsel continually stress the importance of diversity among their legal counsel, outside law firms are scrambling to recruit, mentor, and retain highly qualified minority attorneys for their legal teams. Recent studies have confirmed, however, that the ability to achieve diversity has...
Read MoreProject: Corporate Counsel - Law Firms Directors And Officers Beware: Will Your Company's D&O Insurance Policy Be There When You Need It Most?
Imagine the following nightmare scenario: You are an officer or director of a publicly-traded company.The company's finance department discovers serious errors in the financial statements reported in the company's last 10-K or proxy statement.The company does the right thing, corrects the errors...
Read MoreCan You Transfer The Insurance Asset In a Corporate Transaction?
Synopsis In Henkel Corp. v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., 29 Cal. 4th 934 (Sup. Ct. 2003) ("Henkel"), the California Supreme Court upset settled expectations by holding that the right to insurance proceeds did not pass to the successor corporation in an asset transaction. Most courts...
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