The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
The ABA Journal reports that Patton Boggs and Locke Lord called off merger talks, in part because of risks and perceptions arising from its participation in part of the Chevron pollution litigation. A LAW360 story goes a bit further, and says Locke Lord clients commented unfavorably, with some being in similar industries to Chevron.
Corporate officers and directors need to confront the serious risks they and their companies face in the current environment. Who says so? The famous Marty Lipton of Wachtell Lipton. See this Septembe
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 because of Caremark duties to put in place systems to identify an