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January 05, 2024
Missouri Must Face SIFMA Challenge To Anti-ESG Rules
A Missouri federal judge Friday refused to toss a Wall Street industry group's legal challenge to the state's anti-ESG rules requiring brokers and advisers to get client signatures before giving financial advice incorporating social objectives, holding the group had sufficiently claimed violations of the First Amendment, federal preemption and unconstitutional vagueness.
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January 01, 2024
The Legal Battles Over ESG And DEI To Watch In 2024
In 2024, courts across the U.S. are likely to weigh in on some of the most politically charged legal battles over corporate and regulatory efforts to prioritize environmental, social and governance initiatives, with the future of corporate diversity policies, anti-pollution efforts and corporate greenwashing hanging in the balance.
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December 07, 2023
Missouri's 'Games' Can't Save Anti-ESG Rules, SIFMA Says
Wall Street's top trade group is accusing Missouri of playing "word games" in an attempt to escape a lawsuit over its allegedly unconstitutional rules requiring investment advisers and broker-dealers to disclose whether they make investment decisions based on a corporation's environmental or social policies.
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November 07, 2023
Missouri Aims To Duck Industry Challenge To 'Anti-ESG' Regs
Missouri on Monday urged a federal judge to toss a securities industry group's lawsuit challenging recently adopted state rules that require brokers and advisers to get client signatures before they give financial advice that "incorporates a social objective," such as environmental goals.
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November 06, 2023
ESG Practices Take Hits, But Aren't Going Anywhere
After more than a year of being buffeted by anti-ESG rhetoric and actions by red state attorneys general and lawmakers, investment managers and companies have quieted their crowing about environmental, social and governance practices but have not abandoned them.