Over the past several years, there have been more than three dozen lawsuits launched against the major fossil fuel companies seeking...

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York recently launched a criminal prosecution in connection with “a scheme to...

This week, the Hawaii Supreme Court--in response to certified questions of law from the federal district court in Hawaii--held that the...

Entering into a patent purchase transaction is complicated.  Not surprisingly, purchasing assets that include Chinese originated...

This summer, California Governor Newsom had proposed that California delay the implementation date of its climate disclosure law for two...

Last month, a federal district court struck down Missouri's anti-ESG rules that would prohibit investment advisors from utilizing ESG...

On September 25, 2024, the federal district court in Minnesota denied Target Corp.'s motion to dismiss a consumer-fraud action against it...

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a pair of greenwashing lawsuits filed--by both private plaintiffs and government...

On September 1, 2021, the State of Texas enacted a law (SB 13) that constitutes one of the most far-reaching anti-ESG laws among the...

Recently, Governor Newsom proposed that California delay the implementation of its recently-enacted climate disclosure laws for two...

It has been reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force.  This same task force had been...

Allie Reed of Bloomberg Law has published a thought-provoking piece on the effect of legal challenges to offshore wind projects and the...

The recent WSJ article about employer-provided in-office therapy sessions raises some good points about destigmatizing mental health in...

As of June 2024, Canada added certain provisions to its Competition Act that explicitly target the practice of greenwashing.  In...

Companies in Australia will soon have to abide by a set of significant climate disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability...

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its statutorily mandated annual report to congress last month....