As the current wave of bank failure litigation has unfolded, directors and officers of banking institutions rightly have become more concerned about their own potential liability exposures.

Joseph Lynyak, a partner in Pillsbury’s finance practice in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and Rodney Peck, a partner in Pillsbury’s corporate and securities practice in San Francisco and New York, take a look at the current environment facing these directors and officers in “How Officers and Directors of Financial Intermediaries Can Avoid Personal Liability in the Post-Dodd-Frank Market.” They provide some practical steps that these officials can take to mitigate their risks for alleged breaches of duty to manage and supervise a financial services company’s operations.