Regulation & Public Policy

The economic structures of typical securities defense firms result in costs that significantly exceed what is rational to spend in a usual class action.

In the wake of the Met Life court decision, some claim that federal regulators must tie up "Snoopy." But they miss a key point about the states.

Unless changes are made, securities litigation will pose greater and greater risk to directors and officers, despite D&O policies.

Large insurers must understand and manage regulatory mandates across more jurisdictions and services than ever before.

It is time for the insurance industry to wake up -- or it will have further fiduciary regulations and scrutiny thrust upon it.

The court closed what could have turned into a significant expansion of the concept of “sudden and extraordinary employment condition.”

Although there is agreement that the U.S. corporate tax rate should be lowered, there is disagreement on key issues.

Plan A (to fight the Department of Labor's "fiduciary" ruling for agents) and Plan B (to alter it) leave out a crucial factor: the future.