27 Sep, 2024 Minnesota Federal Court Says Greenwashing Claims Concerning Consumer Products Can Proceed By Jacob H. Hupart On September 25, 2024, the federal district court in Minnesota denied Target Corp.'s motion to dismiss a consumer-fraud action against it...
19 Sep, 2024 Recent Greenwashing Litigation Focuses on Consumer Products By Jacob H. Hupart Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a pair of greenwashing lawsuits filed--by both private plaintiffs and government...
19 Sep, 2024 Texas Sued By Environmental Group For Anti-ESG Law By Jacob H. Hupart On September 1, 2021, the State of Texas enacted a law (SB 13) that constitutes one of the most far-reaching anti-ESG laws among the...
17 Sep, 2024 California Legislature Refuses to Extend Deadline for Compliance with Climate Disclosure Laws By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, Governor Newsom proposed that California delay the implementation of its recently-enacted climate disclosure laws for two...
13 Sep, 2024 SEC Disbands ESG Task Force By Jacob H. Hupart It has been reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force. This same task force had been...
03 Sep, 2024 Winning by losing. The strategy of the NIMBYs and others trying to thwart wind energy. By Jeff Porter Allie Reed of Bloomberg Law has published a thought-provoking piece on the effect of legal challenges to offshore wind projects and the...