31 May, 2022 Republican States Resist Credit Rating Agencies' Use of ESG Criteria By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, the States of Idaho and Utah --both controlled by the Republican Party--sent letters to S&P, one of the three major credit...
31 May, 2022 DOJ Speaks About More White Collar Enforcement, But It's More Interesting to Look at What Was Left Unsaid By Jason P.W. Halperin Very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal talking about more upcoming white collar enforcement, particularly in the areas of...
26 May, 2022 SEC Announces Disclosures and Rules Changes Intended to Combat "Greenwashing" By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the SEC issued two complementary press releases announcing certain proposed rules. First, the SEC announced "proposed amendments...
16 May, 2022 DOJ issues charges in first criminal cryptocurrency sanctions case By Cory Flashner Last Friday, a federal Magistrate Judge in Washington, D.C. wrote an opinion, in a still sealed case, explaining why he approved a DOJ...
16 May, 2022 Organizations Taking Into Account Increased Wildfire Risk Due to Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart A non-profit research group, First Street Foundation, recently released data that calculates the wildfire risk for each property in the...
09 May, 2022 Sometimes when you win, you really lose... By Daniel B. Guggenheim Those who know me well, know that I often turn to quotes from '80s and '90s comedies, as the best way to express complex thoughts in just...
07 May, 2022 SEC Climate and ESG Task Force Issues First Enforcement Action By Jacob H. Hupart The SEC's Climate and ESG Task Force has now issued its first enforcement action. The SEC has brought a 76-page complaint in federal...
06 May, 2022 SEC Chairman Gensler Re-Affirms Support for Mandatory Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart In a speech delivered on May 6, 2022 to the Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation, SEC Chairman Gensler again re-affirmed his...
03 May, 2022 Crypto is . . . Everywhere . . . and the SEC and other Regulators Are Sprinting to Keep Up By Cory Flashner Crypto seems to be everywhere these days. Just last week Fidelity Investments launched a bitcoin option for its 401(k) plans. The...