The Shocking Impact of Corporate Scandal on Directors\u27 and Officers\u27 Liability

Directors and officers liability (hereinafter D&O) serves as a deterrent to corporate wrongdoing. Recent cycles of corporate scandal have impacted the tools used to manage the risk that D&O liability creates. The impact of these scandals is a shock, which is a sudden event that alters the market profoundly. Market alteration has counter intuitively resulted in increased availability of D&O insurance at a lower price, despite an increase in D&O liability. With increased D&O coverage offerings at lower costs, the market has become soft, making coverage readily available. Carriers are competing for insureds and there is now a risk of undermining the deterrent effect that D&O liability provides. This paper explores whether D&O liability\u27s deterrent effect has been jeopardized in this soft D&O insurance marke

Evolving Regulation of Corporate Governance and the Implications for D&O Liability: The United States and Australia

This Article compares the modern corporate regulatory environments in the United States and Australia, including an analysis of the climate for Directors & Officers (D & O) liability coverage. Comparing these regulations across two large markets with similar historical bases for assessing director and officer liability allows us to explore which reforms may be more effective as new scandals emerge

The Vehicle, Spring 1990

Table of Contents Poetry & Photos SpellsAmy Sparkspage 5 Rooting inAmy Sparkspage 6 Perfect NightDerrick Hoguepage 7 Virginia DareShane Taylorpage 8-9 Farmer\u27s Wife and DogShane Taylorpage 10 PovertyNancy Holschuhpage 11 A Strong ManBrad Johnsonpage 12-13 PhotoAiman Humaidehpage 13 Stupid Camp Song, Cartoon LifeEdward Schellpage 14 Into midnight, aloneDenise Santorpage 15 Love of the mindDenise Santorpage 16 Sweet LoveKaren Savagepage 17 Fantastic YellowKaren Savagepage 18 Tea-time in WisconsinTom Caldwellpage 19 PhotoTania Sanchezpage 20, 21 Any ThursdayTom Caldwellpage 22 WesteringTom Caldwellpage 23 Watch PocketAnthony Smithpage 24 Voluntary ResolveMatt Mansfieldpage 25-26 Essays A Return from FaithPeter J. Scalespage 27-28 Fiction Eye SieveTara L. Affolterpage 29-31 Persephone and the Worm Rancherpage 32-37 Authors Biographiespage 38-39https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1055/thumbnail.jp

Political strategies of external support for democratization

Political strategies of external support to democratization are contrasted and critically examined in respect of the United States and European Union. The analysis begins by defining its terms of reference and addresses the question of what it means to have a strategy. The account briefly notes the goals lying behind democratization support and their relationship with the wider foreign policy process, before considering what a successful strategy would look like and how that relates to the selection of candidates. The literature's attempts to identify strategy and its recommendations for better strategies are compared and assessed. Overall, the article argues that the question of political strategies of external support for democratization raises several distinct but related issues including the who?, what?, why?, and how? On one level, strategic choices can be expected to echo the comparative advantage of the "supporter." On a different level, the strategies cannot be divorced from the larger foreign policy framework. While it is correct to say that any sound strategy for support should be grounded in a theoretical understanding of democratization, the literature on strategies reveals something even more fundamental: divergent views about the nature of politics itself. The recommendations there certainly pinpoint weaknesses in the actual strategies of the United States and Europe but they have their own limitations too. In particular, in a world of increasing multi-level governance strategies for supporting democratization should go beyond preoccupation with just an "outside-in" approach

Gene Expression Analysis in the Thalamus and Cerebrum of Horses Experimentally Infected with West Nile Virus

Gene expression associated with West Nile virus (WNV) infection was profiled in the central nervous system of horses. Pyrosequencing and library annotation was performed on pooled RNA from the CNS and lymphoid tissues on horses experimentally infected with WNV (vaccinated and naïve) and non-exposed controls. These sequences were used to create a custom microarray enriched for neurological and immunological sequences to quantitate gene expression in the thalamus and cerebrum of three experimentally infected groups of horses (naïve/WNV exposed, vaccinated/WNV exposed, and normal)