Environmental, social and governance
2023 Annual Litigation Trends Survey
United States | Publication | January 18, 2023
Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2023 Annual Litigation Trends Survey indicates that environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are growing.
While only 2% of respondents reported ESG-related litigation in 2022, more than one-quarter of respondents (28%) said their exposure in this area had deepened and 24% expect increased exposure in the coming year. Moreover, of those concerned with class actions in the year ahead, more than one in three said ESG-related class actions stand among their greatest concerns.
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RIS – restoring consumer trust by shrinking the investment universe?
On 24 May 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published its Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), a legislative package intended to empower retail investors to take more informed investment decisions that would better correspond to their investment needs and objectives.
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Navigating corporate criminal liability regimes – risks and challenges
The landscape of corporate criminal liability, including core questions of when and how liability accrues, varies significantly between jurisdictions and across offences. Multinational companies with global exposure should therefore be aware of the differences between legal regimes and ensure that risks posed in this regard are properly understood and appropriately mitigated. In this article, we consider the dichotomies in regimes where bribery offences are concerned, in the light of a recent public sector corruption case development in Singapore.
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