Estimates and disclosure of contingent risks are front and center these days in various contexts. Thus, asbestos-specific estimates and...

I’m setting aside James Hardie and Australia for a few days. News on Friday provides a great springboard for some comments in the same...

The Australian version of the WSJ has an interesting article by a McKinnsey consultant writing about corporate reputation risk, with the...

Reading the trial judge’s opinion makes it plain he did not believe the Hardie Directors when they made denials or professed a lack of...

The James Hardie opinion/judgment is available here. The link also was added to the prior post containing links to the charges and a...

The Australian SEC – known as ASIC – has posted on its website the charges it filed, and a document summarizing which charges were...