Feb 29, 2024 SEC Schedules Vote on Proposed Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart The Securities & Exchange Commission has announced that it will be voting on “whether to adopt rules to require registrants to provide...
Feb 27, 2024 The City and County of San Francisco are about to deliver EPA & the Ninth Circuit their 3rd consecutive Clean Water Act defeat in the Supreme Court By Jeff Porter The United States Supreme Court isn't done with the Clean Water Act and EPA's interpretation of it. This month the City and County of...
Feb 27, 2024 Did you form an entity this year?! Is it exempt from reporting?! What actually goes in the BOIR?! It's time to focus on the CTA. By Daniel B. Guggenheim The CTA is on everyone's minds now, because entities formed prior to January 1, 2024 only have until the end of the year to file their...
Feb 26, 2024 Next week the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals will hear from opponents of the Vineyard Wind project and that brings to mind Irwin M. Fletcher. By Jeff Porter On March 5th, three Judges of the First Circuit Court of Appeals will hear from lawyers for residents of Nantucket who sued to stop the...
Feb 26, 2024 SEC Expected to Drop Scope 3 GHG Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Final Climate Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Since the SEC proposed its climate disclosure rule in March 2022, the rule has been subject to significant public criticism and...
Feb 22, 2024 Chamber of Commerce Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Rules By Jacob H. Hupart The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in combination with a number of other organized business interests, recently filed a lawsuit in federal...
Feb 21, 2024 The Judge's decision vacating EPA's approval of Florida's "dredge and fill" permit authority has serious implications for our renewable energy future. By Jeff Porter Last week a DC Federal Judge vacated EPA's approval of the State of Florida's application to assume the Army Corps of Engineers'...
Feb 21, 2024 CPSC Emphasizes Priorities at ICPHSO Annual Meeting By Sherwet Witherington Charles A. Samuels Last November, the Commission voted to approve its Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2024, the marching orders that outline how the CPSC...
Feb 13, 2024 Moonlighting in the Age of Employee Entitlement By Jennifer B. Rubin No, this piece isn't about the 80s comedy-drama featuring a detective dynamic duo's snappy dialogue. This moonlighting refers to an...
Feb 13, 2024 The Dark Side of Your Room: the Drawbacks of Fully-Remote Work By Kevin Kim With many companies cutting back on pandemic-era remote work policies, opting for a hybrid model, or even requiring employees to be...
Feb 09, 2024 The PFAS Liability Abyss By Jeff Porter Some of you may be old enough to remember the movie Wall Street and, if you are, you might remember that just before Bud is taken into...
Feb 06, 2024 EPA's execution of its PFAS road map proves the wheels of justice aren't the only ones that turn slowly. By Jeff Porter While I was on vacation last week, EPA proposed to identify as “hazardous constituents” nine of the “forever chemicals" known...
Feb 01, 2024 Options Cancelled. Lessons from Tesla's Pay Package Dispute By Stephen M. Osborn The Delaware court striking down Elon Musk's $50B pay package will garner a lot of headlines and clicks. As a corporate lawyer, I have...