Date: 14 March 2022, Monday
\nTime: 13:30-14:30<\/p>\n
\u2018Disclosure and lawsuits ahead of IPOs\u2019
\nBy<\/p>\n
Burcu Esmer
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
***This is an online event. To obtain Zoom link and password, please contact to the department.<\/p>\n
Abstract: We examine whether IPO registration disclosures expose firms to greater nonshareholder litigation risk. Using hand-collected data on lawsuits initiated at federal and state courts against IPO firms, we show that firms that submit their IPO registration statement with the SEC publicly experience a 16% increase in litigation risk between the registration filing and issuance date. Consistent with the public filing of the registration driving this heightened litigation risk, firms that file their registration confidentially under the JOBS Act do not experience such an increase in litigation risk. The effects of confidential filing are concentrated among business-initiated lawsuits, intellectual property\/ contract lawsuits, and potentially meritless lawsuits. We find no disproportionate increase in post-IPO lawsuits for confidential filers, suggesting that withholding information during the IPO registration period mitigates litigation risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Date: 14 March 2022, Monday Time: 13:30-14:30 \u2018Disclosure and lawsuits ahead of IPOs\u2019 By Burcu Esmer University of Pennsylvania ***This is an online event. To obtain Zoom link and password, please contact to the department. Abstract: We examine whether IPO registration disclosures expose firms to greater nonshareholder litigation risk. Using [\u2026] <\/p>\n