# kaal:claim:1664809-032

**Claim.** If Congress enacts section 7216, EU investors will on the whole probably earn a lower return on their investments than they otherwise would, because the substantial costs the US litigation system imposes on EU companies will be passed on to investors.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- enactment of section 7216
- costs of US litigation borne by EU issuers

**Source quote.**

> enacts section 7216, EU investors will, on the whole probably, earn

**From.** Richard W. Painter, Wulf A. Kaal, *Extraterritorial Application of US Securities Law – Will the US Become the Default Jurisdiction for* (2010), 4.6. European Investors, page 7

**Cite as.** Richard W. Painter, Wulf A. Kaal, Extraterritorial Application of US Securities Law – Will the US Become the Default Jurisdiction for (2010). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1664809

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**Failure mode.** litigation-cost-pass-through  (family: compliance-cost-and-barrier-to-entry)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** investor-returns, litigation-costs, cost-pass-through, section-7216, eu-investors

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