Check out this 2014 Communicator Award-winning column! The author discusses the importance of being realistic and pragmatic about dangers and probabilities instead of anticipating the rare, colossal corporate slip-up.
The Pensions Regulator has published final versions of its new Codes of Practice on monitoring money purchase pension contributions and reporting late payments. The two Codes (there are parallel versions for trustees of occupational pension schemes and for insurers or other providers of personal pensions) are less prescriptive than was originally proposed. They now also include material on the responsibility of employers and members to check that contributions are paid correctly and on time.
The following is a risk management briefing that puts the key issues at the top of the agenda.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from responses posted on the Insurance Staff Counsel and Litigation eGroups, addresses issues related to an insured's ability to select defense counsel under a directors & officers (D&O) or executives & officers (E&O) liability insurance policy.
ACC members answer the following questions: Do we need malpractice coverage to protect ourselves against claims of clients, shareholders and third parties, or is D&O enough? How do the policies work, what do they cost, and how does one justify the cost?
The newest of NACD’s four advisory councils and the only one not specifically associated with a key board committee, the advisory council on risk oversight was formed to focus on emerging issues and leading practices for risk oversight.
The author discusses how the power human beings have to influence others through language is unprecedented in this historical moment. With the ability to have our words easily disseminated and live on forever, comes risk, so use the power with caution, advises the author.
This Top Ten article contains some predictions about corporate governance, regulatory risks, boundaries of the employer-employee relationship and other issues that professionals in the corporate legal department may be working on this year.
While there is no "one-size-fits-all" compliance program for every organization, there are several core components that must exist to have an effective Program. This QuickCounsel covers those components.
This Wisdom of the Crowd, compiled from questions and responses posted on the Small Law Department eGroup and the WMACCA Chapter eGroup, addresses the issues of acquiring insurance for in-house counsel, specifically covering malpractice protection, insurance prices and policies and additional resources.