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CDM Article
01 Oct 2009
A range of experts discuss the shifts in the D&O insurance market in the wake of the global financial crisis and what these mean for directors looking for cover.
The changing D&O market
Craig ClaughtonNSW manager, Financial and Professional Services Practice,...
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CDM Article
01 Jun 2009
Chris Townsend talks to
Tony Featherstone
about managing AIG Australia through a crisis, the lessons learned and what a surge in class actions means for D&O insurance policies.
Q&A with Chris Townsend
The global financial crisis has been hell for most CEOs, non...
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CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
A surge in class actions can be expected this year. Anne Lampe reports on this shifting minefield for directors and companies.
The shifting battle ground
2008 is shaping up as the year that will be remembered by class action lawyers for vapourising any leisure time they hoped to have.
An entre...
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CDM Article
01 Aug 2007
Mark Parris explains why the shifting climate in the D&O market makes now a great time to re-negotiate your cover.
D&O’s climate change
Smart directors will take advantage of the current soft cycle in the D&O insurance market to ensure that they have insurance protection which p...
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CDM Article
01 Oct 2006
A recent majority decision by the High Court upheld the legitimacy of the litigation funding model. According to S Stuart Clark and Michael Legg, in doing so it effectively endorsed the use of US style contingency fee agreements in Australia.
The continued rise of litigation funding
In 1992 t...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2005
In two separate developments during the last week of June, lawyers representing plaintiffs in the corporate and trade practices areas have signalled that they are prepared to utilise class (or representative) actions in seeking damages (or similar relief) on behalf of their clients in relation to tw...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2005
Managing shareholder activism "requires directors to recognise the company stakeholders, communicate with them effectively and communicate with the company as a whole", says Michael Parshall, a partner at law firm, Clayton Utz. Appeasing everyone - satisfying no one?
By Ali Cromie*
Managing shar...
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CDM Article
01 May 2005
Australian companies are governed by the Corporations Act of 2001. This Act is a descendant of the great British Joint Stock Companies Acts of the mid-19th century and in turn of concepts centuries older. Don't change the 'duties'
The duties of directors are the very heart of the free market system...