Securities Litigation Review Q2 2010: Securities Litigation Surges Following a Quiet First Quarter

July 16, 2010 at 11am EDT

Securities Litigation Review Q2 2010: Securities Litigation Surges Following a Quiet First Quarter
Slides

Advisen hosted a webinar and wrote a white paper that reviews its analysis of Q2 2010 securities litigation and discuss the larger implications for underwriters, brokers and risk managers.

On July 16, ACE’s Carol Zacharias, Integro’s Louise Pennington, Goodwin Procter’s Carl E. Metzger, the D&O Diary’s Kevin LaCroix, and Advisen’s Dave Bradford reviewed Securities Litigation cases filed and settled during the second quarter of 2010.

Panelists

The following panelists participated in the webinar:

• Carol Zacharias, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at ACE North America
• Louise Pennington, Managing Principal at Integro Insurance Brokers
• Carl Metzger, Partner at Goodwin Procter
• Kevin LaCroix, Partner at OakBridge Insurance Services and Author of Weblog The D&O Diary
• David Bradford, Executive Vice President, Advisen Ltd.
• Jim Blinn, Principal, Advisen Ltd. (moderator)

Webinar Topics

Topics discussed included:

• Review of securities litigation
• Case breakdown
• Jurisdiction
• Globalization of securities litigation
• Settlement more than $100 million