2/20/2025 2:55:16 PM Biden Administration's DOL Rule Permitting ESG Investments Survives Legal Challenge By Jacob H. Hupart Last week, a federal district judge in the Northern District of Texas upheld a rule promulgated by the Biden Administration's Department...
2/14/2025 2:38:43 PM Increasing Divergence Between US and EU Banks in Approach to Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Over the past several weeks, each of the major US banks have announced their withdrawal from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (presumably in...
2/13/2025 3:08:26 PM SEC Begins Process of Eliminating Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart In a development that could hardly be termed unexpected, the Trump Administration SEC has begun the process of unraveling the climate...
2/6/2025 7:26:51 PM Calling the Right DEI Play for the NFL By Jennifer B. Rubin Today's Wall Street Journal story about Roger Goodell's decision to maintain the NFL's DEI programs reported that Mr. Goodell stood by...
2/6/2025 2:36:33 PM California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive Significant Challenge By Jacob H. Hupart Judge Wright (C.D. Cal.) has significantly narrowed the Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit challenging California's climate disclosure laws. ...
1/29/2025 2:21:24 PM 5 Key Takeaways | SI's Downtown 'Cats Discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) By Stephen M. Osborn Recently, we brought together over 100 alumni and parents of the St. Ignatius College Preparatory community, aka the Downtown (Wild)Cats,...
1/24/2025 6:50:23 PM Trump EO on Recission of Birthright Citizenship Temporarily Blocked by Fed Court By John Quill As reported by AP and many other news outlets, on January 23, a Federal District Court in Washington state issued a temporary restraining...
1/11/2025 2:37:32 PM Federal Court Rules ESG-Guided Investing of 401(k) Plan Is a Breach of Fiduciary Duty By Jacob H. Hupart Following a bench trial, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that “that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act...