4/8/2026 6:12:06 PM Will the recent social media verdicts influence climate cases? By Chris Cole Two recent verdicts have held social media companies liable for harming their users, one for $375m and one for $6m. The verdicts have...
3/11/2026 9:19:39 PM EPR Reports May Increase Risk of Class Actions By Chris Cole In May 2026, seven states (California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington) will require covered businesses to...
2/11/2026 8:58:22 PM Impact to advertisers of White House withdrawal of EPA climate change endangerment finding. By Chris Cole In a move that divests EPA of the authority to restrict emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in air emissions, on...
12/4/2025 9:10:16 PM CARB - Enforcement Advisory By Farzad Damania Alexa Rollins Kyle Warbinton On December 1, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released an enforcement advisory, announcing that it will not enforce...
9/30/2025 3:32:08 PM CARB Releases Preliminary List of Covered Entities for SB 253 and SB 261 By Farzad Damania Alexa Rollins On September 24, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a preliminary list of 4,160 entities that may be subject to SB...
2/18/2025 8:12:54 PM President Trump’s Recent Executive Orders and Their Potential Impact on Social Initiatives By Katten President Trump started his second term by signing executive orders that covered a number of environmental, social, and governance...
12/13/2024 4:33:09 PM Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Board Diversity Rules in En Banc Decision By Katten In a 9-8 en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the Nasdaq board diversity rules, ruling that the U.S....
12/5/2024 6:04:18 PM 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...
11/25/2024 5:46:50 PM 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...
10/30/2024 7:15:48 PM 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...
10/9/2024 9:07:25 PM 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,...
10/2/2024 2:16:58 PM 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...
6/17/2024 3:15:35 PM CFTC Chairman Behnam Discusses the Regulatory Outlook Towards Voluntary Carbon Markets By Nicholas Gervasi Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam recently spoke about voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in a speech...
6/7/2024 5:41:17 PM 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”...
6/4/2024 3:28:48 PM Transferability of Renewable Energy Tax Credits: Still Gathering Steam By Brandon Hadley The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides for the transferability of certain renewable energy tax credits, including the investment...
5/8/2024 3:21:25 PM 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...