The Conglomerate is hosting an interesting blog symposium about Jones v. Harris, a Supreme Court case argued today. The Question Presented:
Whether a shareholder’s claim that the fund’s investment adviser breached its fiduciary duty by charging an excessive fee – more than twice the fee it charged to funds with which it was not affiliated – is cognizable under § 36(b) [of the Investment Company Act of 1940], even if the shareholder does not show that the adviser misled the fund’s directors who approved the fee.
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