Quarterly Securities Litigation Review: Securities Suits Abound in a Harsh 2009

January 22, 2010 at 11am EDT

Quarterly Securities Litigation Review: Securities Suits Abound in a Harsh 2009
Slides

Advisen hosted a webinar and wrote a white paper that reviews securities litigation in 2009.

On January 22, Oakbridge’s Kevin LaCroix, Travelers’s Mark Lamendola, Beecher Carlson’s Jeff Lattmann, and Advisen’s John Molka and Jim Blinn the key findings of the Advisen report “Securities Suits Abound in a Harsh 2009” and provided expert views for the year ahead.

Panelists

The following panelists participated in the webinar:

• Kevin LaCroix, Partner in OakBridge, Insurance Services, and Author of Weblog The D&O Diary
• Jeffrey Lattmann, Managing Director of Executive Liability Practice of Beecher Carlson
• Mark Lamendola, Senior VP of the Public Company Liability Business Unit of Travelers
• John Molka, Senior Industry Analyst, Advisen Ltd.
• Jim Blinn, Principal, Advisen Ltd. (moderator)

Webinar Topics

Topics discussed included:

• Review of securities litigation in 2009
• Case breakdown
• Jurisdiction
• Globalization of securities litigation
• Average settlements / awards
• Credit crisis and Madoff