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2012 Bus. L. Today 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/busiltom2012 and id is 1 raw text is: Business LawTOAYJauay01 U N ES8LA TODAY Our inbTheme Previ the ForthcoIn Annual eview ofLevel ents in Business an d Crjporate Linganon The Business an Corpdorate 1, itigat Comit c is the home within the ABA Business Law Section for lawyers, law students, and judges interested in litiga- tion (and alternative dispute resolution) affecting corporations and other business entities. The Committee benefits immea- surably from the knowledge and expertise of its members, including numerous active and supportive business court judges. And the Committee prides itself on being open to-and welcoming of-new members. For the past 16 years, the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee has been preparing the .Anual Devel0 ment in Buies C oroorate ga o;. The 1996 version included II chapters authored by 24 Committee mem- bers. This year's version, a two-volume bound set with accompanying CD-ROM, includes 27 chapters authored by more than 200 Committee members. As before, the Committee will introduce the publica- tion with an outstanding, three-hour CLE program presented during the Spring Meeting of the Business Law Section. The mini-theme of this issue of Busi- ness Law Today is a preview of the Annual Review, showcasing portions of four chapters that will be included in this year's publication. First, Nancy Adams and Kristen Scammon of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C. review directors and officers' liability insurance case law developments and point out traps for the unwary in con- nection with the availability (or not) of coverage in the context of governmental investigations. Second, Paul Brown of Cousins, Chipman & Brown LLP and Ty- ler O'Connell of DLA Piper LLP review key corporate and alternative entity law decisions from Delaware courts and non- Delaware courts applying Delaware law. They highlight numerous cases in which investor-plaintiffs were successful, and in which their counsel received substantial fee awards. Third, Chris Haaf and Monica Platt of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP review cases that have addressed securities laws claims under the Dodd- Frank Act. They observe that many of the 2011 cases focused on the whistleblower provisions of that statute and took a fresh look at the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Finally, Mac McCoy and Matthew Allen of Carlton Fields P.A. review the three most notable class action decisions that reached the United States Supreme Court in 2011. They discuss why each case is significant in its own right, and how each of the cases may shape class action litigation in 2012 and beyond. If you are not already a member of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, please consider joining. The benefits are many, and the cost ofjoining is zero. We hope to see you at the An- nual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation program during the 'Sil-A 1 in Las Vegas (Thursday, March 22, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.). Copies of the Annual Revieat the discounted meeting price, will be avail- able! William D. Johnston Chair, BuSiandES I dCorpforat Liiation Con,' Iee Published in Business Law Today, January 2012. © 2012 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. Business Law TODAY January 2012 1