27 Jun, 2024 Republican Lawmakers Submit Amicus Brief Urging Eighth Circuit to Void SEC's Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart On June 25, 2024, thirty-five Republican legislators, including seventeen senators and eighteen representatives, filed an amicus brief in...
11 Jun, 2024 Has ESG Turned the Boardroom into an Escape Room? By Jennifer B. Rubin For those of you who have never participated in an escape room, it is a real-life game that confines a group of people (usually friends,...
10 Jun, 2024 In Honor of Pride Month By Stephen M. Osborn There was a time when I thought marriage rights were not my issue. I am a heterosexual man, who grew up in San Francisco with acceptance...
10 Jun, 2024 Removal of Commissioners, ALJs Does Not Offend Separation of Powers: Tenth Circuit By Sherwet Witherington Charles A. Samuels When the CPSC finds that a product is defective and constitutes a substantial product hazard, it will ask a company to voluntarily...
07 Jun, 2024 Congressional Democrats Urge SEC Action on Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart On June 4, 2024, a number of Congressional Democrats (10 Senators; 28 Congressmen) sent a letter to Chairman Gensler of the Securities &...
06 Jun, 2024 Eleventh Circuit Rules Corporate Grant Contest for Black Women Is Racially Discriminatory and Violates U.S. Constitution By Jacob H. Hupart On Monday, June 3, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals held that the “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, an entrepreneurship funding...
06 Jun, 2024 Legal Challenge to New York City's Local Law 97 Reinstated By Appellate Court By Jacob H. Hupart About five years ago, the New York City Council enacted Local Law 97, which imposes strict restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions for...
06 Jun, 2024 Another Major European Bank Withdraws From Fossil Fuel Financing By Jacob H. Hupart Credit Agricole SA, the second-largest bank in France, will no longer participate in fossil fuel financing. Specifically, a spokesperson...
04 Jun, 2024 Environmental Groups Drop Challenge to SEC Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart When the SEC announced its mandatory climate disclosure rule on March 6, 2024, this regulation was immediately challenged by parties on...