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Multistep Transactions Lead to $4+ Billion Intercompany Deal to Pay for Underlying PFAS Claims
Just before the weekend, DuPont, Corteva and Chemours issued a joint press release announcing a $4 billion deal to resolve their...

Kirk T. Hartley
Jan 26, 20212 min read
“Investigating Suspected Cancer Clusters and Responding to Community Concerns: Guidelines from
Cancer clusters is a term often used but little defined. The CDC has not defined the term, but it did issue fall 2013 guidelines for...

Kirk Hartley
May 22, 20141 min read
Contingent Liabilty Segregation and Estimation – FASB Dithers While Bank of America Seeks to T
Saying other things are more important, FASB continues to dither on estimating contingent liabilities – see here and this brief but...

Kirk Hartley
Feb 6, 20112 min read
Insurance Coverage Rulings That Will Put Grey Hairs on the Heads of General Counsels for Insureds
Suppose the following. You are the General Counsel of a company that’s been sued in a few hundred asbestos cases. You’ve timely notified...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20092 min read
Commentary On The Definition of Occurrence in Insurance Policies – Another Reason GCs for Insu
An interesting post at the Adams Drafting blog points out various issues regarding the meaning of the word “occurrence” in commercial...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 13, 20091 min read
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