D&O liability insurance policies protect “officers.” But who is an officer? This is a question that insurers and policyholders have struggled with for years. More recently, questions about various new corporate roles and titles have emerged. In the following guest post, John Orr, D&O Liability Product Leader for Willis’s Financial and Executive Risk
In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at California’s recently enacted SB 53, state AI-related legislation concerning “large frontier developers,” and considers the legislation’s liability implications. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article
In the following guest post, Doug Greene, Partner at the BakerHostetler law firm and Chair of the firm’s Securities and Governance Litigation Team, takes a look at the growing problems with the defense of securities litigation, including skyrocketing defense costs, and proposes some solutions to these problems. A version of this article previously
Readers may be aware of Anthropic’s recent settlement of its high-profile AI copyright infringement case. The lawsuit and its settlement clearly involve important intellectual property issues. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, considers whether the lawsuit and its settlement may also point toward
The rise of crypto currencies in recent years may be one of the more noteworthy financial developments of our time. Now, A growing number of companies are raising funds in the capital markets for the express purpose of accumulating cryptocurrencies as treasury assets. In the following guest post, Suresh Ellawala, Client Relationship Director at Price Forbes, takes a look
On September 19, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order entitled “Restriction on Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers” (here), which placed new restrictions, costs, and conditions on H-1B visas. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at the new
There is no doubt that in many ways cryptocurrency is going mainstream. It is showing up in a surprisingly wide variety of places for a wide variety of reasons. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at recent suggestions that
In a social media post earlier this week, President Trump proposed eliminating quarterly reporting for public companies. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at the President’s proposal and considers its prospects and potential implications. I would like to thank
By this point, I think all of us have seen stories about lawyers who have gotten in hot water because they relied on AI to come up with legal authority, only for the AI-generated citations turning out to be phony. In the following guest post, Ommid C. Farashahi and
In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a closer look at the civil and criminal litigation filed against casual dining company Fat Brands and considers the implication of the litigation for Sides A and B coverage under a D&O insurance policy. I