In the U.S., shareholder litigation has increasingly become part of the “toolkit” available to pension funds as a mechanism to advance proper corporate governance and sustainability in the companies they invest in. While shareholder suits remain a powerful means to recover for corporate fraud, they also are a tool by which funds can monitor their investment portfolio to ensure it is aligned with their broader goals as fiduciaries. This interactive session will explore these themes through discussion of recent examples and hypotheticals.
