Articles & Updates
Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005 (TRIEA)
Thu Feb 01 14:16:00 -0800 2007
On Friday, December 16, 2005, House and Senate negotiators completed a deal to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) through 2007. TRIA, passed by Congress in November, 2002, created a three-year program in which the federal government would share in the cost of a foreign terrorist attack that produced at least $5 million in insured losses, was deemed a "certified act" by certain government officials, and met certain other requirements.
Option Granting Best Practices: Avoiding the Sins of the Past
By Priya Cherian Huskins, Esq.
Sun Dec 03 14:19:00 -0800 2006
The recent options backdating scandal has been instructive on a number of fronts. This article summarizes a listing of "best practices" for administering options plans that will help prevent future problems
Health care Consumerism in the United States
by Ken Drummer
Sun Dec 03 14:18:00 -0800 2006
Most health policy experts agree that the American health care system is broken. However, there is no shortage of pundits claiming to have a solution. The latest revolutionary idea that is sweeping the nation is "consumerism". Advocates claim that individuals need a greater financial stake in health care buying decisions to be better consumers, while critics argue that financial hurdles are a barrier to proper care.
FEHA Implications on Workers� Compensation Cases
by Darren Cartwright
Tue Jan 03 14:14:00 -0800 2006
There is little doubt that many of us are applauding the changes of the recent workers' comp reform and its positive effect on the California business community. Be aware however, California Workers' Compensation Applicant Attorneys are now increasingly turning their attention toward employment exposures that they have historically ignored.
Indemnification - Are You Protected?
By Priya Cherian Huskins, Esq.
Tue Jan 03 14:13:00 -0800 2006
For a long time, many directors and officers of companies have been happy to accept whatever indemnification provisions a company may happen to have in its charter documents and sign whatever form of indemnification agreement that their companies handed to them. An indemnification agreement obligates a company to defend directors and officers against certain kinds of lawsuits related to the duties performed by directors or officers. However, directors and officers became a lot more motivated to review these documents in October 2003. Read this article to learn why.