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D&O Coverage for Corporate Criminal InvestigationsSurprisingly few reported decisions discuss whether criminal investigations of corporate wrongdoing are covered under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies. This is amazing because the past decade has been marked by waves of corporate scandals, and federal and state prosecutors and regulators will likely continue to launch broad investigations of corporate conduct in the decade to come.
Separation Agreements and General ReleasesIn order to get what they pay for, businesses need to ensure that their separation agreements protect the company’s interest to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
McNulty RevisitedThis article briefly reviews the history of the DOJ’s corporate charging guidelines, discusses the policy changes from the DOJ’s earlier charging guidelines, and analyzes the Filip Memo’s impact on corporate investigations and prosecutions.
The Selective-Waiver Doctrine: Is It Still Alive?In the past few years, attorneys and commentators had sought to establish the selective-waiver doctrine by proposing changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence. This in-depth analysis explains why.
The Most Crucial Commercial Lease CasesFor almost two years, the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C, have been compiling a list of the greatest commercial leasing cases of all time. Two of these attorneys, the authors of this two-part article, trace the lifetime of a leasehold from negotiation through breach and enforcement.
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