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Movers & Shakers
Steven Gilford, a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, Paul Langer, and Marc Rosenthal have left Mayer Brown LLP to lead a new Chicago office for Proskauer Rose LLP. Their broad insurance practice expands to Chicago the New York-based policyholder practice led by John Gross. In addition, John Failla, a policyholder coverage lawyer with an extensive practice representing financial institutions, recently left Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to join Proskauer Rose LLP in New York.
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell is pleased to announce that Brian Casey, a partner in the firm's Atlanta office, and Jon Biasetti, a partner in the firm's Chicago office, have been appointed co-heads of the firm's Insurance Practice Group, which includes a team of nearly 50 corporate, transactional, and regulatory insurance attorneys.
Casey focuses his practice on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, multi-state insurance regulation, and e-commerce and technology matters for insurance companies, insurance agencies, third-party administrators, banks, and other types of financial services businesses. He also represents insurance clients in the areas of privacy, reinsurance, corporate and structured finance, and taxation. He is a regular industry participant before proceedings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Casey also is a member of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell's Board of Directors.
Biasetti represents U.S. and foreign clients on a variety of corporate, transactional, and insurance regulatory matters. A substantial portion of his practice includes counseling clients on such matters as licensing of producers, administrators and insurers, affiliated and other holding company act transactions, withdrawal from lines of business, redomestication, organizing alternative risk transfer vehicles such as captive insurance companies, risk retention groups and purchasing groups; product development and affinity group programs; compliance with surplus line regulations; and reinsurance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Biasetti is listed in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance Law category. He also serves on the firm's Diversity Committee and is co-chair of the firm's Practice Group Development Committee.
Steven Gilford, a member of this newsletter's Board of Editors, Paul Langer, and Marc Rosenthal have left
Casey focuses his practice on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, multi-state insurance regulation, and e-commerce and technology matters for insurance companies, insurance agencies, third-party administrators, banks, and other types of financial services businesses. He also represents insurance clients in the areas of privacy, reinsurance, corporate and structured finance, and taxation. He is a regular industry participant before proceedings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Casey also is a member of
Biasetti represents U.S. and foreign clients on a variety of corporate, transactional, and insurance regulatory matters. A substantial portion of his practice includes counseling clients on such matters as licensing of producers, administrators and insurers, affiliated and other holding company act transactions, withdrawal from lines of business, redomestication, organizing alternative risk transfer vehicles such as captive insurance companies, risk retention groups and purchasing groups; product development and affinity group programs; compliance with surplus line regulations; and reinsurance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Biasetti is listed in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the Insurance Law category. He also serves on the firm's Diversity Committee and is co-chair of the firm's Practice Group Development Committee.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Role and Responsibilities of Practice Group Leaders
Ideally, the objective of defining the role and responsibilities of Practice Group Leaders should be to establish just enough structure and accountability within their respective practice group to maximize the economic potential of the firm, while institutionalizing the principles of leadership and teamwork.
Removing Restrictive Covenants In New York
In Rockwell v. Despart, the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently revisited a recurring question: When may a landowner seek judicial removal of a covenant restricting use of her land?