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Spillover Effects in Disclosure-Related Securities Litigation

open access: yesAccounting Review, 2021
Securities litigation is relatively rare but can significantly affect sued firms. We extend this research by examining the spillover effect of securities litigation on industry peers using a sample of disclosure-related litigation—distinct from events ...
Dain C. Donelson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Philip Morris' litigation prevention program in Asia

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Since the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) in 1998, Philip Morris (PM) as a transnational tobacco company (TTC) has concerned about the tobacco litigation filed outside of the US and subsequent litigation expenses.
Sungkyu Lee, Jae-Hyung Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Quand les sciences sociales se font expertes : le cas de la justice administrative

open access: yesTracés, 2009
Using social sciences to understand the reasons for the dramatic increase in administrative litigation is a recent phenomenon. Recent studies have underscored the unique nature of administrative law litigation, as compared to civil law litigation, and ...
Johann Morri
doaj   +1 more source

Shareholder litigation rights and capital structure decisions

open access: yesJournal of Corporate Finance, 2020
We exploit the staggered adoption of the universal demand (UD) laws across U.S. states, which impedes shareholder rights to initiate derivative lawsuits, as a quasi-natural experiment to examine the relation between shareholder litigation rights and firm
N. Nguyen, Hieu V. Phan, Eunju Lee
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse: Origins and Goals

open access: yesKULA, 2018
The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (http://clearinghouse.net) solves a significant information deficit related to civil rights litigation by posting information about thousands of ongoing and closed large-scale civil rights cases.
Margo Schlanger
doaj   +1 more source

Medico-legal implications in hernia surgery

open access: yesInternational Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery, 2019
AIM: Litigation is always a severe burden for every surgeon who is involved. The study aims to show the most important reasons for an allegation and how to prevent a lawsuit.
Reinhard Bittner
doaj   +1 more source

Double-Sided Moral Hazard, Efficiency Wages and Litigation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We consider a double-sided moral hazard problem where each party can renege on the signed contract since there does not exist any verifiable performance signal. It is shown that ex-post litigation can restore incentives of the agent.
Gürtler, Oliver, Kräkel, Matthias
core   +3 more sources

Climate change litigation: A review of research on courts and litigants in climate governance

open access: yesWIREs Climate Change, 2019
Studies of climate change litigation have proliferated over the past two decades, as lawsuits across the world increasingly bring policy debates about climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as climate change‐related loss and damage to the ...
J. Setzer, L. Vanhala
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantifying a 1.5oC Fair Share Carbon Budget: Human Rights Obligations on Climate Change after KlimaSeniorinnen

open access: yesGerman Law Journal
In the face of an escalating climate crisis, climate litigation is increasingly being utilized as a means to set boundaries to States’ lack of climate action.
Dennis van Berkel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Action for Determination Within the Meaning of Art. 189 C.C.P, and the Development of Polish Case-Law Concerning the Legal Aspects of Gender Reassignment

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2022
The issue of gender reassignment remains a controversial topic both morally and customly, philosophically and medically intricate. However, without going into these issues, which of course should not be underestimated and in fact should take the lead ...
Justyna Fibinger-Jasińska
doaj   +1 more source

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