Missouri Officials Win Deposition Dispute In Row Over ESG Factor Rules

(May 16, 2024, 1:59 PM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A trade association lost a discovery dispute in its challenge to new Missouri rules that it says require “a state-authored script” for “incorporating a social or nonfinancial objective into investment advice,” with a Missouri federal judge on May 15 rejecting its request to depose Missouri Secretary of State John R. Ashcroft....