6/17/2025 2:25:08 PM Canada Refines Focus on Greenwashing Prosecutions By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, the Canadian Competition Bureau published updated guidelines concerning its approach to environmental claims following last...
6/14/2025 6:25:53 PM Demystifying PE-Backed Boards: Opportunity, Risk, and the Evolving Role of Directors By Stephen M. Osborn Private equity boards often carry a certain mystique — and, let’s face it, a bit of stigma. Many directors react to the idea with...
6/11/2025 5:36:19 PM Small Gestures, Big Impact: Rethinking How We Show Up for Clients By Stephen M. Osborn Recently, I was invited to a “fireside chat” with Matt Dixon by the executive intelligence firm Equilar. Matt Dixon is the author of...
6/10/2025 4:05:02 PM Ratings Agency Announces That It Will Analyze Physical Climate Risk When Evaluating Certain Assets By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, Fitch Ratings issued a discussion paper that outlined a “contemplated framework for the analysis of physical climate risk for...
6/7/2025 3:25:53 PM Federal Court Upholds SEC Regulations From First Trump Administration That Discourage Activist (ESG) Investors By Jacob H. Hupart In the first Trump Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated certain rules that had the effect of erecting...
6/5/2025 1:20:55 PM Climate Lawsuit Against German Energy Company Dismissed by Court By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, a long-running lawsuit brought against a major German energy company by a Peruvian farmer for alleged damages stemming from...
6/5/2025 1:17:58 PM Canada Pauses Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rules By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the umbrella organization of Canada's provincial securities regulators) announced that...
6/3/2025 2:29:14 PM New York City's Climate-Focused Local Law 97 Upheld By New York Court of Appeals By Jacob H. Hupart On May 22, 2025, the New York Court of Appeals--the highest court in New York State--unanimously upheld New York City's Local Law 97...
6/2/2025 1:56:35 PM Federal Reserve Disbands Climate-Focused Internal Groups By Jacob H. Hupart It has been reported that the Federal Reserve has disbanded certain internal groups that were intended to develop “institutional capacity...
6/2/2025 1:52:59 PM California Provides Additional Guidance on Mandatory Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board delivered a presentation that provided additional details concerning the soon-to-be...
5/30/2025 2:28:27 PM Trump Administration Will Replace the Biden Administration's Department of Labor Rule Permitting ESG Investing By Jacob H. Hupart Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor ("DOL") had issued a rule that permitted ESG factors to be considered when making...
5/28/2025 2:38:35 PM Trump Administration Files Statement of Interest Supporting State AG Action Against Asset Managers Accused of ESG-related Antitrust Violations By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, the Trump Administration's FTC and DOJ (Antitrust Division) filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit filed last...
5/27/2025 1:48:50 PM Democratic Senators Launch Investigation of Major Financial Institutions Based Upon Their Retreat From Climate Policies By Jacob H. Hupart Earlier this year, each of the major US banks announced their withdrawal from the Net Zero Banking Alliance. This move, which was likely...
5/23/2025 5:07:48 PM Pennsylvania State Court Dismisses Climate Tort Litigation Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies By Jacob H. Hupart A local state court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed an array of climate tort claims brought against major fossil fuel companies by a...
5/21/2025 4:03:51 PM SEC Commissioner Uyeda Suggests the SEC Will Not Rescind the Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart SEC Commissioner Uyeda, one of the Republican appointees to the Securities & Exchange Commission, recently stated (in remarks at the 2025...
5/14/2025 2:20:56 PM Colorado Supreme Court Allows Climate Tort Litigation to Proceed By Jacob H. Hupart On May 12, 2025, in a 5-2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the tort claims brought by local governments in Colorado against...