On June 20, 2025, the EU Commission announced that, following pressure from conservative lawmakers, it would withdraw new legislation...

In an important decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a mixed ruling in Bartz v. Anthropic,...

Last Friday, on June 20, the SEC withdrew guidance--dating from the George W. Bush administration--that indicated that “disclosure of...

On June 17, the SEC officially withdrew a proposed rulemaking undertaken by the Biden Administration that sought to combat greenwashing...

Recently, the Canadian Competition Bureau published updated guidelines concerning its approach to environmental claims following last...

Private equity boards often carry a certain mystique — and, let’s face it, a bit of stigma. Many directors react to the idea with...

Recently, I was invited to a “fireside chat” with Matt Dixon by the executive intelligence firm Equilar.   Matt Dixon is the author of...

Recently, Fitch Ratings issued a discussion paper that outlined a “contemplated framework for the analysis of physical climate risk for...

In the first Trump Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated certain rules that had the effect of erecting...

Last week, a long-running lawsuit brought against a major German energy company by a Peruvian farmer for alleged damages stemming from...

Recently, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the umbrella organization of Canada's provincial securities regulators) announced that...

On May 22, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals--the highest court in New York State--unanimously upheld New York City's Local Law 97...

It has been reported that the Federal Reserve has disbanded certain internal groups that were intended to develop “institutional capacity...

On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board delivered a presentation that provided additional details concerning the soon-to-be...

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor ("DOL") had issued a rule that permitted ESG factors to be considered when making...

Last week, the Trump Administration's FTC and DOJ (Antitrust Division) filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit filed last...