Are There Predictive Indicators of Litigation Risk?
-This panel will continue a conversation from the first conference examining when and how corporate governance choices and compensation practices might have an effect on litigation risk. Moderator Marjorie Thompson, vice president, professional lines, for Allied World Assurance Company, Bermuda, will seek analysis from Patrick McGurn, executive vice-president of Institutional Shareholder Services, Rockville, Md.; Nell Minow, editor in chief of Board Analyst at The Corporate Library, Portland, Me.; and Eric Talley, professor of law and faculty co-director at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy and senior economist at the Rand Corporation. On May 4 two sessions will focus on a study on D and O insurance and corporate governance, and hot topics and emerging issues. • D & O Insurance: Placing a Premium on Good Corporate Governance – Panelists will focus on a recent study of the interrelation between D & O insurance underwriting and corporate governance prepared by Tom Bak
