Nov 26, 2024 Best Practices for AI IP Strategies By Stephen Chrisos With intangible assets representing over 90% of an AI company’s value, an effective intellectual property strategy is essential to...
Dec 04, 2024 Eleven States Sue Asset Managers for Alleged ESG Antitrust Violations By Jacob H. Hupart The day before Thanksgiving, eleven Republican state attorneys-general (representing Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,...
Dec 03, 2024 EU Rules Will Impose Mandatory Climate Disclosures on U.S. Companies By Jacob H. Hupart According to a recent report, the climate disclosure rules recently promulgated by the European Union will compel more than 3,000 U.S....
Dec 02, 2024 Maine Sues Major Fossil Fuel Companies By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, the State of Maine became the latest state or local government to sue the major fossil fuel companies for damages related to...
Nov 26, 2024 Dutch Appeals Court Rules That Shell Does Not Need to Reduce Its CO2 Emissions by Specific Amount By Jacob H. Hupart Three years ago, a court in the Netherlands had ruled that Shell--a multinational fossil fuel company based in the Netherlands--had the...
Nov 26, 2024 SEC Issues Risk Alert About Greenwashing and ESG Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart On November 4, the SEC's Division of Examinations issued a risk alert that identified systematic problems with funds' ESG disclosures. ...
Nov 25, 2024 SEC Imposes $17.5 Million Fine Against Investment Adviser for Greenwashing By Jacob H. Hupart On November 8, the SEC and an investment advisor entered into a settlement to resolve an administrative proceeding featuring allegations...
Nov 25, 2024 California Climate Disclosure Rules Survive Significant Early Challenge By Jacob H. Hupart On November 5, a federal district court judge in California denied plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment in a facial challenge to...
Nov 06, 2024 Let's Circle Back (and eFile) after the Holidays By Sherwet Witherington Charles A. Samuels The Consumer Product Safety Commission launched its eFiling Beta Pilot a little over a year ago. Non-pilot participants were invited to...
Nov 01, 2024 EPA's Most Recent Draft NPDES General Permit Could Earn It Another Trip to the Supreme Court By Jeff Porter Sam Hess of Inside EPA and many others are writing about EPA's Halloween Trick or Treat – the publication of a draft Clean Water Act...
Oct 22, 2024 SEC Fines Investment Adviser $4 Million for Improper Labeling of ESG Funds By Jacob H. Hupart On October 21, 2024, the SEC imposed a fine of $4 million on investment adviser WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. for improperly labeling...
Oct 16, 2024 Justice Kagan, if "some people like less prescriptive standards" why haven't any members of the regulated community said so in San Francisco v. EPA? By Jeff Porter Today the United States Supreme Court heard from lawyers representing the City and County of San Francisco and lawyers for the United...
Oct 11, 2024 State Court Rules California Has Jurisdiction Over Fossil Fuel Companies In Connection With Climate Change Lawsuits By Jacob H. Hupart Over the past several years, there have been more than three dozen lawsuits launched against the major fossil fuel companies seeking...
Oct 10, 2024 Alleged Carbon Markets Fraud Leads to Criminal Charges By Jacob H. Hupart The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York recently launched a criminal prosecution in connection with “a scheme to...
Oct 10, 2024 Hawaii Supreme Court Rules That Insurance Policies Do Not Cover Fossil Fuel Companies' Climate Change Damages Caused by Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Jacob H. Hupart This week, the Hawaii Supreme Court--in response to certified questions of law from the federal district court in Hawaii--held that the...
Oct 02, 2024 Multinational Patent Deal Complications By Michael McNamara Entering into a patent purchase transaction is complicated. Not surprisingly, purchasing assets that include Chinese originated...