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Read MoreNEW: Kevin Stiroh, of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and co-chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks (TFCR), which is part of the work of the Basel Committee on...
Read MoreNEW: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: Fiduciary Obligations in the Shadow of Trados discusses In re Trados, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 1512-VCL (consol.), opinion (Del. Ch. Aug. 16, 2013), and its implications for...
Read MoreNEW: Shareholder Value(s): Index Fund ESG Activism and the New Millennial Corporate Governance examines the means by which large index fund managers in promote Environmental, Social, and Governance issues at major companies,...
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