X
19Nov

California Court Broadens A D&O Policy’s Bump-Up Exclusion To Bump Out Coverage

Recently, a California state court expanded a “bump up” exclusion in excess D&O policies to bar coverage for a settlement of a shareholder class action lawsuit against Onyx and its directors and officers. The shareholders alleged that the directors and officers failed to maximize a buyer’s offer to purchase Onyx’s shares. By upholding the denial of coverage for the $30 million settlement, the court broadened the bump-up exclusion far beyond its traditional limited and intended application to...
By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-court-broadens-a-d-o-policy-64133/

Related

Employers (Including Municipalities) Still Required to File IRS Forms Despite Changes to Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate

If you watch the news, you may have heard that the requirement known as the “individual mandate” u...

Read More >

4 Reasons Why Your Organization Isn’t Seeing Internal Hotline Reports

When it comes to effective internal whistleblower hotlines, silence is never a sign of success. It i...

Read More >

SEC Issues Final Rules on Registered Investment Company and Business Development Company Acquisition and Financial Statement Disclosure

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted final rules (the “Final Rules...

Read More >

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Pittsburgh's Authority to Enact Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, Revives "Dead" Law

On July 17, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held the City of Pittsburgh's Paid Sick Days Act (P...

Read More >

Chancery Dismisses Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Where Parties’ Commercial Relationship Was One of Ordinary Care

Nieves v. Insight Building Co., LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0464-SG (Del. Ch. Aug. 4, 2020) - The Court of C...

Read More >

México: Se emite Ley Orgánica del Centro Federal de Conciliación y Registro Laboral

El 6 de enero de 2020, el H. Congreso de la Unión de México, publicó la Ley Orgánica del Centro Fede...

Read More >