Dec 05, 2024 Plastic Pollution Case Dismissed By Chris Cole In an important decision regarding plastic recycling and disposal, the New York Supreme Court has dismissed the NY Attorney General's...
Nov 25, 2024 What the Evian "Carbon-Neutral" Ruling Means for Advertisers By Catherine O'Brien In a notable ESG ruling, U.S. District Judge Nelson Roman dismissed a class action lawsuit against Danone Waters of America that had...
Oct 30, 2024 Fly Carbon Neutral? Qantas Accused of Greenwashing in New Complaint By Catherine O'Brien Qantas Airways is facing a formal complaint lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by the Environmental...
Oct 09, 2024 Recent hurricanes lend new urgency to carbon emissions reduction. By Chris Cole The "news" about ESG has recently been overwhelmingly that it is dead – killed by some regulators and fatigued consumers. Although,...
Oct 02, 2024 A Greener Tomorrow: CFTC Issues Final Guidance for Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives By Carl Kennedy After five years of consultations, public meetings and roundtable discussions, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or...
Jun 17, 2024 CFTC Chairman Behnam Discusses the Regulatory Outlook Towards Voluntary Carbon Markets By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Nicholas Gervasi Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam recently spoke about voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in a speech...
Jun 07, 2024 State Law Requiring PFAS Disclosure Leads to Class Action Lawsuit By Chris Cole A Maine law that required (at least until recently amended) consumer products companies to disclose the presence of “intentionally added”...
Jun 04, 2024 Transferability of Renewable Energy Tax Credits: Still Gathering Steam By Harold Davidson Brandon Hadley The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides for the transferability of certain renewable energy tax credits, including the investment...
May 08, 2024 Joint Democratic Staff Report Fuels New Climate Change Accusations Against Big Oil By Chris Cole On April 30, a Joint Staff Committee comprised of the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the...
Apr 05, 2024 SEC Stays Climate Disclosure Regulations in Response to Consolidated Eighth Circuit Challenges By Farzad Damania Ryan Lilley On April 4, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order staying the implementation of the recently...
Apr 03, 2024 Court Dismisses Textile Greenwashing Class Action Against Nike By Chris Cole In a recent decision, the United States District Court for the District of Missouri dismissed a putative class action complaint against...
Mar 12, 2024 Sarah Bates: From Manchester's Oxford Road to UK's Pension Powerhouse - A Journey of Success and Diversity By Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP From her humble beginnings in Manchester's Oxford Road, Sarah Bates has gone on to carve out an impressive career in the UK's financial...
Mar 04, 2024 New York Attorney General Sues JBS for Alleged Greenwashing By Chris Cole On February 28, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) sued JBS USA Food Company and JBC USA Food Company Holdings (collectively, JBS),...
Feb 16, 2024 DEI and the Perils of Over-Claiming and Under-Delivering By Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Building a business with a diversified employee base is no longer a nice to have; it’s necessary, both in terms of talent retention and...
Jan 29, 2024 Author of Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act Notes Intent to Begin Compliance in 2025 By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams California has garnered a significant amount of attention due to its recent legislation in the ESG arena—namely, Senate Bill No. 253, the...
Dec 18, 2023 Key Takeaways From COP28 By Catherine O'Brien Chris Cole COP28 came to an end this month in Dubai in the final weeks of the hottest year in recorded history. Since 1992, this “Conference of the...