Businesses of all sizes should prioritize developing and implementing a risk management program to protect themselves, directors, officers, and subsidiaries. Last month, Newfront’s John McCall joined panelists Andrea Gildea of Wise and Brittany DeGan of RewardStyle in TechGC’s “Building and Maintaining an Internal Risk Assessment Program” virtual panel. Key takeaways include: Identifying what a risk […]
October 25th 2021
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Co-authored by Kim Cauthorn, COO of PIUS, a specialist insurance MGA. In a world of 1) increasingly smaller windows of time between periods of economic volatility; 2) a measurable shift over the past half century from tangible assets to intangible assets that now account for 85% of the value of the S&P 500; and 3) […]
September 21st 2021
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With COVID vaccines on the horizon, many companies that had put their IPO plans on a “pandemic hold” in 2020 may revive those plans in 2021. As they formulate their plans, one of the most important decisions they face will be the composition of their Boards.
December 4th 2020
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When your company is an M&A target, whether traditional or through a Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) business combination, much work must be done to negotiate the merger agreement. Certain insurance requirements are part of the merger agreement and, unsurprisingly, they are often low on the list of negotiation priorities.
November 30th 2020
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On March 20, 2018 the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund. In short, the ruling confirms that claims alleging violations under the Securities Act of 1933 (the ’33 Act) can continue to be brought in state court.
March 21st 2018
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The IPO market for the first half of 2017 saw 77 companies raise 0.5B in proceeds. The secondary market was 2B in volume for the same period, and on track toward 0B in volume for the year. Given the increase and strategic importance of this market, the ABD Team sponsored a panel discussion on “Secondary […]
November 21st 2017
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