Stephanie Reed Traband authored “What Makes for a Successful Receivership: Ins and Outs of How They Work” published by Bloomberg Law. Continue Reading
Much Ado About Nothing in Design-Defect Cases
For most product liability cases involving design-defect claims, New Jersey's Model Civil Jury Charges offer two options for instructing the jury on how to determine whether the design of the subject product was "defective." Those two tests are known as the "risk-utility" test and the "reasonable Continue Reading
President Obama Signs Two New Cybersecurity Laws; FERC, Congress Take Aim at Cybersecurity Risks in the Electric Utility Sector
A new law gives the President and the U.S. Secretary of Energy emergency powers over the electric sector in a grid security emergency and seeks to increase cyber information sharing to better protect all sectors including the energy sector. In addition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has Continue Reading
It’s Not All About Error Preservation: Appellate Counsel’s Role on the Trial Team
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Untested in Battle—The Cybersecurity Insurance Policy War Exclusion
An unnamed sovereign state, terrorists, or a rebel faction pilfered $10 million through an unauthorized wire transfer, and then unleashed Aurora, Stuxnet, or a yet-to-be named cyber-pestilence on your "supervisory control and data acquisition" (SCADA) systems. When the dust cleared, you had $8 Continue Reading
Cyber Threats Are On the Rise: Are You Covered?
A number of high profile corporate data breaches, mainly in the U.S. retail sector over the last two years, have rapidly led to a major change in enterprise cybersecurity strategy. Information security officers now view risk avoidance as extremely challenging, if not impossible. A traditional Continue Reading
Judicial Pay Raises are Long Overdue
Few would dispute the important role that judges play in our state, and the necessary service they provide to our society. Judges preside over the most significant matters—criminal trials and sentencing, parental terminations, complex business lawsuits and significant civil actions with Continue Reading
Delaware Business Court Insider
Stephanie Dallaire co-authored Delaware Business Court Insider. Continue Reading
Perspective: What Will Be the Defining Cybersecurity Issues in 2016?
Along with the advent of the electronic age has come an unexpected side effect—a new form of bullying known as “electronic aggression” or “cyberbullying” that poses new coverage issues for policyholders and insurers alike. As may pertain to coverage issues, the Centers for Disease Control and Continue Reading