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...
5/2/2025 4:51:54 PM Trump Administration Files Preemptive Lawsuits Against Hawaii and Michigan to Block Climate Change Litigation By Jacob H. Hupart Recently, both the State of Hawaii and the State of Michigan had announced that they would be pursuing litigation against fossil fuel...