Table of Contents

• Publication year: 2017

Table of Contents

Executive Committee: Message from the Chair....................................................................4

BLN Editorial Board: Message from the Editor.....................................................................9

Bruce Alan Mann Receives Business Law Section's Lifetime Achievement Award........10
By Mark Moore
Tribute to this year's Business Law Section's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Bruce Alan Mann. Mr. Mann was honored at the Business Law Section's breakfast at the All Sections - Bar Section Convention on Saturday, August 19, 2017.

Bankruptcy and the "Insured vs. Insured" Exclusion in Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policies..................................................................................................................................13
By Feliciano M. Ferrer and Kavita Gupta
The authors describe the effect of the "IVI Exclusion" on the ability of a debtor-in-possession, bankruptcy trustee, or trustee appointed to act on behalf of an insured company's creditors to recover damages caused to a company by its board of directors under a D&O policy, illustrate the issues by reporting on two recent cases that reached conflicting results, and recommend prophylactic measures for consideration by counsel to companies.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects California's "Sliding Scale" Test for Asserting Specific Jurisdiction over Non-Residents' Claims...........................................18
By Cliford Zatz and Josh Foust
The authors report on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning an opinion by the California Supreme Court that had adopted a theory of specific jurisdiction that would have sanctioned the assertion by state courts of jurisdiction over claims that did not involve either California residents or actions that took place in California, and explain the...