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...