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		<title>Buyer, be prepared</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last decade, private company Management Liability policies (Directors’ &#38; Officers’ Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability) have been very competitively priced with generally loose underwriting guidelines. But, as a famous Greek philosopher once said, “Nothing endures but change” – and we are currently in the midst of a pendulum swing towards stricter underwriting. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=3485&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Securities Litigation and publicly-traded Chinese firms: lacking checks and balances</title>
		<link>http://blog.wgains.com/2011/11/28/public-companies-beware-of-current-lack-of-checks-and-balances-in-china-and-other-foreign-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Edmundson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports continue to be made of accounting and corporate governance irregularities for publicly traded companies based in China.  These companies, which may be listed on stock markets in the U.S., Hong Kong, mainland China or some combination of the three have greatly increased in number over the past five years. Reports in today&#8217;s Wall Street [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=3388&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reputation protection key in mitigating adverse publicity</title>
		<link>http://blog.wgains.com/2011/10/21/reputation-protection-key-in-mitigating-adverse-publicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Leavitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, one of the world’s leading insurers released a new policy designed to help insureds cope with threats to their company’s brand and reputation. This new coverage will assist an organization in finding, bringing in, and funding outside experts when there is either a potential or actual public relations crisis . Companies often look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=3235&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going abroad may be the best option for capital, but make sure your D&amp;O is global</title>
		<link>http://blog.wgains.com/2011/06/21/going-abroad-may-be-the-best-option-for-capital-but-make-sure-your-do-is-global/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Leavitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three years after the financial crisis began, the U.S. capital markets continue to struggle to support many small companies and has forced some to turn to investors overseas in order to go public. A New York Times article earlier this month featured the story of Reva Medical, a medical device company who was denied a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=2723&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruling in Matrixx case may lead to other securities class actions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Kraeger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court ruled this week on a case that we have been watching closely.  The Court&#8217;s decision in Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. et al. v. Siracusano et al. came down solidly on the side of the plaintiffs and leaves the biopharma industry (and all others) without a “bright line” test for reporting adverse events. Writing for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=2316&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FBI&#8217;s probe for potential insider trading has hedge funds concerned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Davidoff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the FBI stormed the offices of Level Global Investors, Diamondback Capital and Loch Capital earlier this week, it triggered concern on the part of hedge funds that regulators are increasing the intensity of their scrutiny of the industry. These recent more aggressive regulatory efforts have also increased the level of concern of many hedge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=1745&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public companies: New developments that expand D&amp;O coverages</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Leavitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading primary insurers for Directors&#8217; &#38; Officers&#8217; Liability (D&#38;O) have recently taken a big leap forward in their commitment to protecting individuals and the companies that indemnify them. Not since the introduction of &#8220;entity&#8221; coverage for securities related claims has the public D&#38;O landscape seen such a dramatic change. Many of these new primary coverage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=1347&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ageism is the next Employment Practices Liability frontier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Edmundson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, &#8221; &#8216;Objection!&#8217; Older Lawyers Resist Forced Retirement&#8221;, points out the tip of an emerging iceberg. We have all heard those catchy phrases like &#8220;60 is the new 50&#8243;. Well, some of that thinking is coming to a courtroom near you. The article outlines ageism-related cases brought by partners at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=1165&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the risk out of international growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Leavitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today every company faces some kind of global challenge. We held an hour-long webcast earlier today that explored the complexities of protecting an international operation and spoke specifically on how to protect executives and board members, whether traveling overseas or those managing from the U.S. The list of nuances to consider within certain countries is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=1037&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Securities litigation against life sciences companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Kearney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various year-end securities litigation studies have shown exactly what one might expect, that cases involving financial services companies have dominated securities lawsuit filings for the last few years. What is surprising though is that plaintiffs&#8217; attorneys have continued to pursue claims against companies in other industries, specifically the life sciences. A recent memo put out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wgains.com&amp;blog=9867145&amp;post=829&amp;subd=wgains&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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