30 Sep, 2021 Commissioner Crenshaw Highlights SEC Focus on Climate Issues By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, during a program on "Building the Financial System of the 21st Century," in the course of a speech principally focused on...
27 Sep, 2021 Information Injury is A Thing in The Ninth Circuit, But For How Long? By Jeff Porter Last week, a split panel in the Ninth Circuit concluded that ordinary citizens had a sufficient interest in the existence and accuracy of...
23 Sep, 2021 What does Equal Pay really mean? By Paul Huston By now you've certainly heard of the U.S. women's soccer team's challenge to their pay arrangement. Back in the spring of 2019, the...
23 Sep, 2021 SEC Releases Sample Letter Concerning Climate Change Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, the SEC released a sample letter to companies concerning climate change disclosures. Relying upon the guidance the SEC issued...
22 Sep, 2021 Commissioner Gary Gensler Has His Eyes Set on Rule 10b5-1 Plans By Mintz The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is honing in on Rule 10b5-1 plans. Rule 10b5-1 plans provide an affirmative defense and...
22 Sep, 2021 Court Finally Clarifies When Biometric Lawsuits Are Untimely Under BIPA By Mintz In a highly anticipated decision, the Illinois Appellate Court finally clarified the correct application of the statute of limitations...
21 Sep, 2021 Another Ninth Circuit Clean Water Act Decision Promises More Litigation By Jeff Porter Yesterday a split three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a clay manufacturer is entitled to a new trial...
20 Sep, 2021 Rating Agencies Focus on ESG Concerns By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, Fitch Ratings announced the launch of new ESG ratings system, which is intended to use a "clear methodolog[y]," of a "full...
20 Sep, 2021 District Courts Disagree (Again) About the Validity of EPA's Clean Water Act Regulations But This Time It Doesn't Seem to Matter By Jeff Porter Friday, a Federal District Court Judge in California joined most other Federal District Court Judges in concluding that EPA's Clean Water...
17 Sep, 2021 EPA Maui Interpretive Statement, We Hardly Knew Ye! By Jeff Porter EPA's post-Maui statement on the reach of the Federal Clean Water Act has joined other regulations and guidance applying the Clean Water...
17 Sep, 2021 SEC Fines App Annie and Its CEO for $10 Million in Connection with Non-Anonymized Data By Mintz In a first-of-its kind enforcement action, the SEC fined an alternative data provider for the mobile app industry and its former CEO for...
17 Sep, 2021 Vermont Files Climate Change Lawsuit Against Major Oil Companies By Jacob H. Hupart Earlier this week, Vermont became the latest state to file a lawsuit against the major oil companies featuring allegations focusing on...
17 Sep, 2021 House Oversight Committee Investigating Climate Change Disinformation By Jacob H. Hupart In yet another front of the multifaceted government campaign against climate change, the House Oversight Committee is now investigating...
16 Sep, 2021 California AG Reminds Healthcare Entities to Comply with Data Breach Laws By Mintz California's Attorney General recently issued guidance for healthcare providers and facilities. The guidance serves as a reminder to...
15 Sep, 2021 SEC Chairman Gensler's Senate Testimony Reaffirms focus on ESG Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, SEC Chairman Gensler testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. His remarks were...
08 Sep, 2021 Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Google Is Stayed to Reduce Litigation Costs By Mintz A federal court in Illinois agreed with Google that a biometric privacy lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of Illinois...