Tuesday, 20 November 2007

America's Next Export: Class Action Suits?

Advisen co-founder and head of market research Dave Bradford recently reported on the trends towards plaintiffs ability to bringing security class action suits in Europe.

Global underwriter Zurich produced a tremendous conference to educate its customers on the subject of insuring Directors & Officers globally. If you haven't spoken with panelist Francis Kean, a Partner in the Insurance practice of law firm Barlow, Lyde & Gilberg, you are missing a unique combination of smarts, perspective & sociability.

In explaining how the UK is moving faster than most countries in adopting US-style class actions, Francis explained the ramifications of the new Companies Act and in particular Section 172. See an article in today's Insurance Insider for more.

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