Kirk Hartley
Corporate & D&O Risk – Updated Comments from Marty Lipton of Wachtell Lipton – &
Corporate officers and directors need to confront the serious risks they and their companies face in the current environment. Who says...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 19, 20191 min read
Corporate Veil Piercing as Purdue Seeks Refuge in Chapter 11; Conservative Economist Tyler Cowen Arg
As Purdue seeks refuge in chapter 11, a conservative economist articulates a point I’ve also been discussing in various contexts: prepare...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 22, 20151 min read
Yet Another Editorial Pillories the US Chamber of Commerce Regarding Tobacco
Yet another major city news editorial has pilloried the US Chamber of Commerce for shilling for big tobacco, this time in Pittsburgh....
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 18, 20131 min read
‘Successor Liability Getting Greater Attention on Wall Street
The Wall Street Journals perceives "corporate successor liability" as a topic of increasing concern to dealmakers. One would think the...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 27, 20131 min read
American Legal Issues – The Hot Dog Toss Lawsuit
Only in America. The TortsProf Blog kindly highlighted a Slate article on the issues now facing the Missouri Supreme Court in a lawsuit...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 16, 20112 min read
New Thinking and Science As Applied to Regulating Corporations and Compensating Employees After the
Conglomerate has an interesting new December 14, 2011 post by Marcia Narine on new ideas about what science says regarding how...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20112 min read
Multiplying the Cost of Bad Choices – Risk Management, Public Opinion and Multiples of Loss
What’s the cost to corporations for bad choices ? The question comes back to mind for a couple of reasons. One is the much publicized...
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Kirk Hartley
May 11, 20101 min read
Managing Future and Current Risks – Directors & Officers at BP Face Class Action Attacks
Alleged failure to manage risks is of course is a hot topic today in the wake of the financial fiasco. The topic was previously explored...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 7, 20105 min read
Chapter 11 Cases Fail to Properly Deal with Future International Claims Against Multinationals Heavi
The point of today’s post is to focus attention on issues and topics that arise from relationships between insolvencies and...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 4, 20101 min read
Global Asbestos Claiming – Report on Asbestos Litigation in Nine Nations – Munich ReR
Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 30, 20095 min read
Eternit, Etex and Asbestos Cement – Global Scale, Decades Ago – How to Deal with Current
Monday’s post (12/26) pointed out a variety of product liability, corporate law and compensation issues in the context of one nation...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 28, 20097 min read
Focusing this Week on Global Issues and Future Claims, Starting with Articles on Growing Asbestos Ce
I keep falling off the “global” side of things. So, this week, I’ll make a special effort to be more global. This week I’m also going to...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 9, 20091 min read
Non-Obvious Issues Arising from Corporate Problems and Subsequent Statements About the Scope/Impact
Risk managers and lawyes have to think even more about divergent types of fallout from a corporate problems. The point is illustrated by...
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