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Insurance Coverage For Lawsuits: Allocate Responsibility And Avoid Malpractice Claims

By Deidra D. Gold; Kenneth S. Ulrich

Failure to discover that your company may have had insurance coverage could cost your company. You must make it clear who is responsible for seeking insurance coverage and dealing with your insurance coverage issues: in-house counsel, outside defense counsel, or outside coverage counsel. The best place to allocate those responsibilities is in your company's engagement letters and guidelines for working with outside counsel. Thus, in selecting a law firm to defend a case, it is critical to determine whether that firm has sufficient insurance coverage experience. If it does not, it is advisable to retain separate coverage counsel early on.

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When to Set a Reserve: Now, Never, or Somewhere in Between

By Christopher M. Holmes - partner and national director of SEC matters, Ernst & Young LLP; Bil Phelan - assistant controller, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; and Patrick R. Thesing - senior vice president, associate general counsel and chief litigation counsel, Stewart Title Guaranty Company

An article and presentation on the when to set a reserve.

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Wincing is Not a Form of Preparation -- What "The Office" Can Teach us About Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions

By Britt Latham
Member
Bass Berry Sims

Daniel Lim
Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel
Guidance Software, Inc.

Keith Munson
Attorney
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Miriam Smolen
Associate General Counsel
Fannie Mae

This program will be a roundtable discussion of real-life corporate depositions which went terribly wrong. It will begin with a three minute video segment from the popular television series, "The Office," which depicts a disastrous corporate deposition in action. From there, attendees will develop critical skills in learning to avoid common deposition pitfalls while simultaneously developing strategy and technique in both the preparation and execution of 30(b(6) depositions. Attendees will learn how to get the attention of senior management to ensure proper preparation and maximum tactical advantage, how to select appropriate witnesses and post-deposition affidavits, and how to take advantages of the nuances contained within Rule 30(b)(6) regarding corporate officer depositions.