13 Dec, 2024 Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Board Diversity Rules in En Banc Decision By Ny'esha Young Johnjerica Hodge India Williams 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....
05 Dec, 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...
30 Oct, 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...
09 Oct, 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,...
17 Jun, 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...
07 Jun, 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”...
04 Jun, 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...
28 May, 2024 Another Expansion in Climate Change Litigation Risk By Johnjerica Hodge India Williams Andrew Zavaleta For years, climate change has posed a litigation risk for companies. A mere glance at litigation dockets will show a variety of parties...
08 May, 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...
25 Apr, 2024 100% Pure, Natural False Advertising Litigation By Michael Justus One of the worst-kept secrets among the plaintiffs’ bar is that claims like “pure” and “natural” on consumer-product labels can lead to...
03 Apr, 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...
04 Mar, 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),...
29 Jan, 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...
18 Dec, 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...
16 Nov, 2023 (mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation Podcast Explores 'DWS, Sustainability & Disclosure' By Katten ESG, specifically sustainability, is an increasingly controversial topic for investment managers, with diverging regulation in Europe,...
04 Oct, 2023 The Carbon Claims Pincer Movement By Chris Cole In response to litigation about carbon neutrality claims, many corporations and asset managers have been inclined to go silent, that is,...