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# Dealing With D&O Liability Caused By the COVID-19 Pandemic

  March 19, 2020

Law360

 

 

 

 

 

 

While the COVID-19 outbreak has created tremendous obstacles across the corporate landscape, directors and officers (D&O) still must fulfill their fiduciary duties to their corporations. The question is how to do so without running afoul of securities laws. This article offers practical advice for clients and highlights potential D&O insurance issues due to COVID-19.

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