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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Feb. 22, 2008

A Hard Rain Coming?

Focus Column - By David M. Lisi and John M. Horan - It's only a matter of time until plaintiffs' attorneys bring shareholder suits against public companies concerning climate change.

FOCUS COLUMN

By David M. Lisi and John M. Horan
This article appears on Page 7

      With all the discussion of climate change in the media, it is sadly only a matter of time before enterprising plaintiffs' attorneys bring shareholder litigation for inadequate or misleading disclosure by public companies concerning the economic effects of climate change on a company's business. In a recent survey, The McKinsey Quarterly found th...

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