Aug 13, 2024 SEC Argues That Climate Disclosure Regulation Survives Demise of the Chevron Doctrine By Jacob H. Hupart Earlier this year, the SEC issued its long-awaited regulation concerning mandatory climate disclosures. As expected, this climate...
Jun 27, 2024 Republican Lawmakers Submit Amicus Brief Urging Eighth Circuit to Void SEC's Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart On June 25, 2024, thirty-five Republican legislators, including seventeen senators and eighteen representatives, filed an amicus brief in...
Jun 07, 2024 Congressional Democrats Urge SEC Action on Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart On June 4, 2024, a number of Congressional Democrats (10 Senators; 28 Congressmen) sent a letter to Chairman Gensler of the Securities &...
May 28, 2024 Treasury Department and Other Federal Agencies Issue Statement of Principles Concerning Carbon Credits By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the Treasury Department and other federal agencies (including the Agriculture Department and Energy Department) issued a joint...
May 21, 2024 UK Announces Delay to Mandatory Climate Disclosures (Until After Next General Election) By Jacob H. Hupart The UK government, having originally announced that it would decide whether to impose mandatory climate disclosures on companies by July...
May 03, 2024 Ninth Circuit Orders Dismissal of Constitutional Climate Litigation Case By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit issued an order dismissing the Juliana litigation. In this case, the plaintiffs had asserted that the...
May 03, 2024 The Cavalry Has Arrived: Eighth Circuit Allows Democratic State Attorneys-General to Intervene in Support of the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Earlier this week, the Eighth Circuit issued an order enabling 19 Democratic Attorneys-General--representing the District of Columbia and...
Apr 11, 2024 Congressional Republicans Seek to Overturn SEC Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Yesterday, Congressman McHenry (R-NC), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, hosted a hearing entitled: “Beyond Scope:...
Apr 09, 2024 European Court of Human Rights Declares Switzerland Failed to Adequately Address Climate Change By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision holding that Switzerland violated the human rights of its citizens by failing...
Apr 04, 2024 SEC Voluntarily Stays Climate Disclosure Rule Pending Litigation By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the SEC issued an order to stay the recently promulgated climate disclosure rule until the courts have the opportunity to...
Apr 03, 2024 The SEC Speaks--And Fails to Defend Mandatory Climate Disclosures By Jacob H. Hupart During the opening remarks of the two-day SEC Speaks Conference, Chairman Gensler failed to express any statement of support in...
Mar 21, 2024 Eighth Circuit Will Decide SEC Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart The array of challenges to the SEC's climate disclosure rule--filed by conservative plaintiffs in the Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit,...
Mar 16, 2024 That Didn't Take Long . . . Fifth Circuit Temporarily Blocks New SEC Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an administrative stay of the SEC's recent climate disclosure rule, which was issued...
Mar 07, 2024 Ten States Sue to Block SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Before the Ink is Dry By Jacob H. Hupart On the same day that the SEC issued its long-awaited rule on climate disclosures, ten states (West Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Alaska,...
Mar 06, 2024 SEC Issues Long-Awaited Climate Disclosure Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Today, after nearly two years of anticipation, the SEC finally enacted a climate disclosure rule on a 3-2 party-line vote by the SEC...
Feb 26, 2024 SEC Expected to Drop Scope 3 GHG Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Final Climate Rule By Jacob H. Hupart Since the SEC proposed its climate disclosure rule in March 2022, the rule has been subject to significant public criticism and...