Shareholder litigation and class-action lawsuits play a key role in protecting investors and regulating big businesses. But Directors and Officers liability insurance shields corporations and their managers from the financial consequences of many illegal acts, as evidenced by the recent Enron scandal and many of last year's corporate financial meltdowns.
Join Fordham Law Professor Sean Griffith, co-author of the forthcoming book Ensuring Corporate Misconduct, and Sean Fitzpatrick, Former Senior Vice President at The Hartford, for a frank discussion about how corporations use insurance to avoid responsibility for corporate misconduct, dangerously undermining the impact of securities laws -- and how insurance companies could step in and play a constructive role in strengthening corporate governance.
D&O Insurance: Ensuring Corporate Misconduct
November 10th, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
NOTE: CLE credit will be available to only those who attend the webinar on November 10th, 2010, in the following states: California, Illinois, and New York.
November 10th, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
NOTE: CLE credit will be available to only those who attend the webinar on November 10th, 2010, in the following states: California, Illinois, and New York.
Speakers:
Moderator:
 Sean Griffith Holder of the T.J. Maloney Chair in Business Law at Fordham Law School Griffith has produced a remarkable body of work on the law of corporate governance, helping to keep Fordham Law at the forefront of current trends in business law. Moreover, he has achieved this scholarship with stunning dispatch; in three years, he has written or co-authored five articles in top 10 journals. His articles have studied the role of corporate directors' and officers' liability insurance in the context of the deterrence structure of civil litigation, and his research taps into critically important questions. In the wake of recent corporate scandals and an unprecedented meltdown on Wall Street, Professor Griffith explores such timely issues as the effectiveness of corporate and securities litigation in protecting against mismanagement and waste and the ways in which the deterrence effect of litigation can be improved. Professor Griffith also has been a tremendously generous and invaluable institutional citizen, a leader of the Law School community, an advisor to the Corporate Law Journal, and the recent recipient of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently serves as Academic Director of the Fordham Corporate Law Center. |
 Sean M. Fitzpatrick Former Senior Vice President at the Hartford Sean Fitzpatrick recent retired as the Senior Vice President at The Hartford, where he managed all Middle Market P&C lines, as well as the company's Hartford Financial Products, Bond and Marine divisions. Prior to joining The Hartford in 2007, Mr. Fitzpatrick spent 14 years with the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and its Executive Risk subsidiary (acquired in 1999), establishing Chubb's E&O practice—ChubbPro—and serving as Chief Underwriting Officer of the company's executive and professional liability division, Chubb Specialty Insurance. Mr. Fitzpatrick also teaches insurance law at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School. |
Martin J. Perry President, Chicago Underwriting Group Marty was one of the founding members of Chicago Underwriting Group, Inc. in December 1983, and is President of Chicago Underwriting Group. He is involved in all facets of the company's operations particularly underwriting, claims and reinsurance. His background is as a D&O underwriter and he is involved in many of the underwriting activities of the company. He also participates in significant claims issues. Prior to joining Chicago Underwriting Group, Marty spent several years at a Crum and Forster subsidiary underwriting D&O and Professional Liability business. Marty is a graduate of McGill University, B.A. History, and the University of Chicago, MBA Economics and Finance. |
 Kenneth A. Gary, JD Associate Publisher, The National Law Journal A lawyer and journalist by training, Mr. Gary has worked extensively inside the legal community in a variety of capacities, including consulting legal research companies, marketing, advising and operating legal trade publications, and investigative and compliance work for several regulatory organizations and a Fortune 200 financial services company. Mr. Gary has received national recognition for his editorial and analytical contributions for several leading tax and corporate governance legal news publications and has had his works sourced by newspapers including The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Mr. Gary received his Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Colorado, and his Juris Doctorate degree from the American University Washington College of Law, where he served as Editor-In-Chief of American Jurist. More: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=242289&sessionid=1&key=5C878CBE9E260FB890C354B74DCB295C&sourcepage=register#D&O Insurance: Ensuring Corporate Misconduct |
