May 30, 2024 European Central Bank to Impose Fines on Banks for Failure to Address Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart It has been reported that the European Central Bank will be imposing fines on as many as four lenders due to “not meeting deadlines set...
May 29, 2024 Rescheduling Madness: Key Takeaways from the Proposed Rule to Reschedule Marijuana under the CSA By Jane Haviland Moving marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) from Schedule I to Schedule III will bring celebrated changes to the...
May 28, 2024 Treasury Department and Other Federal Agencies Issue Statement of Principles Concerning Carbon Credits By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the Treasury Department and other federal agencies (including the Agriculture Department and Energy Department) issued a joint...
May 28, 2024 Life's tragedy is we get old too soon and wise too late. Words that are going to be ringing in EPA's ears after its next visit to the Supreme Court. By Jeff Porter As predicted in February, our nation's highest court is about to hear its third Clean Water Act in four years. Anyone who doubts the...
May 28, 2024 Republican AGs Seek Intervention of U.S. Supreme Court to Block Climate Change Lawsuits filed by Blue States Against Fossil Fuel Industry By Jacob H. Hupart A coalition of Republican state attorneys-general representing nineteen states (Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,...
May 28, 2024 Will the FTC's Non-Compete Proposal Pick Investors' Pockets? By Jennifer B. Rubin My colleagues published an important piece recently about the potential impact that the FTC's proposed non-compete ban might have on M&A...
May 25, 2024 Federal Judge Certifies Class Objecting to ESG Investments by Retirement Fund By Jacob H. Hupart On May 22, 2024, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) ordered that the plaintiffs claiming that investment managers breached their fiduciary duty...
May 22, 2024 Clean Energy Developers Beware! EPA will prosecute you for runoff from your solar farm sites. By Jeff Porter EPA issued a press release yesterday that caught my eye and if you're in the business of building things, including solar projects, it is...
May 22, 2024 House Democrats Initiate Probe of Anti-ESG Investment Guidelines Issued by Conservative States By Jacob H. Hupart On Monday, May 21, 2024, Congressman Nadler (D-NY) and Congressman Correa (D-CA), the ranking Democratic members on the House Judiciary...
May 21, 2024 UK Announces Delay to Mandatory Climate Disclosures (Until After Next General Election) By Jacob H. Hupart The UK government, having originally announced that it would decide whether to impose mandatory climate disclosures on companies by July...
May 21, 2024 Michigan AG Announces Intent to Pursue Climate Change Tort Litigation Against the Fossil Fuel Industry By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, the Attorney General of Michigan announced that her office “will begin seeking proposals from attorneys and law firms . . . to...
May 20, 2024 When it comes to our urgent need for meaningful climate resilience, time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future! By Jeff Porter Over the weekend The Boston Globe reported on the uniquely unfortunate situation in which the City of Boston finds itself as our oceans...
May 17, 2024 EPA's heart may be in the right place but it is cruisin' for a bruisin' in San Francisco By Jeff Porter This week our nation's highest court was scheduled to discuss whether to hear the City and County of San Francisco's appeal of a split...
May 17, 2024 Florida Adopts Laws Erecting Roadblocks to the Climate Transition By Jacob H. Hupart This week, Governor DeSantis of Florida signed into law certain legislation that expressly seeks to minimize ongoing efforts to combat...
May 17, 2024 Major European Bank Withdraws From Fossil Fuel Financing By Jacob H. Hupart This week, “BNP Paribas SA, the European Union's biggest bank” stated that it “is no longer participating in conventional bond issuance...
May 16, 2024 Democratic Lawmakers Urge SEC Action on Greenwashing By Jacob H. Hupart On May 13, 2024, a group of 21 Democratic Congressmen--4 Senators and 16 Representatives, as well as the D.C. Delegate--submitted a...