Definition, Examples, and Legal Issues
What Is a Tax Shelter? A tax shelter is a vehicle used by individuals or organizations to minimize or decrease their taxable incomes and, therefore, tax liabilities. Tax shelters are…
What Is Insider Trading and When Is It Legal?
What Is Insider Trading? Insider trading involves trading in a public company’s stock or other securities by someone with non-public, material information about the company. Insider transactions are legal if…
Particular legal responsibility, accounting and taxes concern cannabis traders and CEOs
Early investors in the hashish market were less focused on accounting and transparency when it arrived to choosing exactly where they preferred to devote their money. But they have given…
Why the ALEC Anti-ESG Bills Create a Legal Quagmire for Fiduciaries Connected with Public Pensions
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Two proposed bills barring public pensions from considering environmental, social, and governance investment criteria create massive legal risk for any pension fiduciary or service provider. The American Legislative…
What’s the Legal Definition of Greenwashing?
(Bloomberg) — Greenwashing may be the biggest risk to the future of ESG investing, but there’s no firm agreement on what it means in a legal or regulatory context.The term has…
Overview of Legal Issues Relating to Impact Investing
1. Introduction In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. In pursuit of and in parallel with…