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How ESG Ratings Can Affect a Firm’s Cost of Equity

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trillion in 2016. Investors in firms that emphasize ESG qualities appear to greatly reduce risk and earn returns that exceed those of conventional investments (Derwall et al., Our findings challenge the widely held belief that higher ESG ratings always lead to a reduction in the cost of equity financing. RESOURCES Derwall, J.,

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Year-End Securities Litigation Update

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And after declining in 2021, “Finance” filings declined again (down to 8%), reaching a low watermark in recent years. This figure is significantly lower than in 2016, when the Delaware Court of Chancery effectively put an end to the practice of disclosure-only settlements in In re Trulia Inc. Stockholder Litigation , 29 A.3d

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update

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There, Novinger sought to strike a provision in his 2016 settlement agreement with the SEC, preventing him from saying anything in public that might dispute any of the SEC’s allegations against him. 2. Failure To Disclose Specific Risks. The Court Once Again Asked To Consider Gag Rule In Novinger. Novinger , 40 F.4th

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Compulsion No, Opportunity Yes in the Delaware Law of Externalities

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560 (2016). [2] Shareholder Litigation , 2016 WL 5874974 (Del. 2016) (Laster, VC), affd 164 A.3d Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model , in Principles of Corporate Finance, 198, 198213 (13th ed. Black, The Law and Finance of Corporate Acquisitions, 101, 101134 (2d ed. 2] See generally Ronald J.