Corporate officers and directors need to confront the serious risks they and their companies face in the current environment. Who says...

Walmart wants 8 chemicals out of products it sells, according to a July 20, 2016 article in Bloomberg.  Is this management of D&O risk...

Yes, movies like this are a big deal as to public perception. And all should keep in mind that some members of the public end up on...

Last week GM and now VW. Imagine trying an asbestos friction case in the next few months, and offering up a corporate witness to testify...

Yet another major city news editorial has pilloried the US Chamber of Commerce for shilling for big tobacco, this time in Pittsburgh....

Product liability and criminal penalties may soon come together for General Motors due to the ignition switch issues, according to a May...

The NYT ran a weekend article suggesting GM’s lawyers are “a focus” of the ongoing internal investigation by Anton Valukas regarding GM’s...

Everything is relative, it seems. The tobacco industry complains bitterly about plain packaging for cigarettes. Compare, in contrast,...

The ABA Journal reports that Patton Boggs and Locke Lord called off merger talks, in part because of risks and perceptions arising from...

Google obviously does not bother with serious quality control when it tosses out browsers and other software. However, the errors in...

AMEX has done the impossible – it has eclipsed CapitalOne as the laziest and/or stupidest financial services company in the US. How you...

Reputation risk arises in many ways. A new example arose as follows. Zurich’s CFO committed suicide. Zurich’s Chariman then quit, under...

An outline form article from Corporate Counsel provides a terse, useful summary of strategic thoughts for litigation and media battles....

Howard Sklar is a former prosecutor and now a compliance specialist, and put out a brief but interesting new article on the reasons...

Especially in these times of economic uncertainty, the global finance industry does not needs the LIBOR fraud debacle. But it’s very...

Amazing what some will do, regardless of the reputation cost. Some months ago, this post mentioned North Carolina Baptist hospital being...

Reputation risk arises in many ways, including sharing trade names and trademarks. An example arises from the widespread news of the...

Reputation risk problems are expensive even for not-for-profits. Consider, for example, this AmLaw article on Penn State’s experience....

Here’s a story of short-term gain creating a lousy reputation. A Winston-Salem hospital (N.C. Baptist Hospital) is about to start paying...

Reputation and financial risk are once again headline news as the CEO of UBS has now resigned because of the latest "rogue trader"...