John E. Black, Jr. Executive Principal CHICAGO	200 E. Randolph Dr., Suite 7200 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: (312) 946-4222 Fax: (312) 946-4272 Email: jblack@bswb.com click here to download vCard
John E. Black's practice focuses on insurance and financial services law and regulation. John also has extensive experience in e-commerce and privacy issues. John has specialized in directors and officers liability and insurance since 1985. He has represented several major insurers in national programs of directors and officers liability insurance for public-traded, privately held corporations and not-for-profit corporations, as well as insurance for employment practices liability, insurance company liability, broker-dealer liability and mutual fund and investment adviser liability. He has also worked with major insurers in drafting and interpreting insurance policies for non-profit and for-profit directors and officers liability, fiduciary liability, insurance company professional liability, trust department errors and omissions, mutual fund and investment advisor liability, employment practices liability, media liability, professional liability, money market net asset value and e-commerce.	Practice Areas Insurance Coverage E-Commerce Litigation Regulatory Insurance Underwriting Consulting

Admissions

Illinois, 1983

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1983


Education

J.D., University of Illinois, 1983
  Moot Court Board of Editors
  University of Illinois Law Review

B.A., Illinois College, 1980


Honors / Associations

American Bar Association
  Tort Insurance Practice Committee
  Labor and Employment Committee Corporation
  Banking and Business Law Committee
  Cyberspace Law Committee
  Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Insurance Working Group


Publications

"D&O Litigation Trends in 2005", co-authored with John E. Black, Jr., www.irmi.com, March 2005

"D&O Litigation Trends in 2004", co-authored with David T. Burrowes, www.irmi.com, February 2004

Contributing Author: Non-Profit Director and Officer Liability, For Profit Director and Officer Liability and Employment Practices Liability, 2004 Executive Liability: D&O, Fiduciary and EPL Insurance Text and Course Guide, 2004

"Tightening the Reins on Corporate Governance: The Increasing Judicial Scrutiny of Director Care and Independence", www.irmi.com, August 2003

"Policy Limitations on Coverage: A D&O Trend in a Hard Market", co-authored with Ellen Jenkins, www.irmi.com, April 2003

"Insurance for A-Side D&O Exposures after Enron-A Riskier Proposition?", co-authored with Theodore A. Boundas, www.irmi.com, December 2002

"Dangers Lurk in Cyberspace", co-authored with David T. Burrowes, Business Lawyer, July 2002

"Recent Trends in Cyber-crime", co-authored with Charles Thomas, International Legal Studies, November 2000

"Whither the Web? Emerging Liability for Linking, Deep-Linking and Framing", International Legal Studies, August 2000

"Liability in The U.S. For Release of Private Information on E-Commerce Web Sites", International Legal Studies, December 1999

"Purchasing Directors and Officers Insurance For Your Club", Club Director, October 1995

"Understanding Liability Insurance", Leadership, 1995

"Employment Liability Issues", The Not-For-Profit CEO Monthly Newsletter, October 1994


Speeches

Panel at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, "Liabilities, Rights and Insurance Issues for Directors and Officers of Non-Profit Organizations", April 2003

Annual Meeting of NBA Cares, Inc., "Employment Litigation Trends and Risk Management", June 2002

"Issues of Internet Liability", Insurance School of the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, September 2001

"Internet Insurance", Underwriters Symposium for the National Association of Independent Insurers, Tampa, Florida, May 2000

"Internet Liability and Insurance", IIR Conference, New York, NY, March 2000

"Employment Practices Liability Insurance", Minnesota Employment Liability Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1999

"Issues of Condominium Board Liability and Insurance", Condominium Association Institute - Sun Coast Chapter, Tampa, Florida, February 1997