Recently, Fitch Ratings issued a discussion paper that outlined a “contemplated framework for the analysis of physical climate risk for...

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...

It has been reported that the Federal Reserve has disbanded certain internal groups that were intended to develop “institutional capacity...

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor ("DOL") had issued a rule that permitted ESG factors to be considered when making...

Last week, the Trump Administration's FTC and DOJ (Antitrust Division) filed a statement of interest in support of a lawsuit filed last...

A local state court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed an array of climate tort claims brought against major fossil fuel companies by a...

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...

Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order that sought to target actions undertaken by individual U.S. states to...

As expected, the SEC under the Trump Administration has abandoned the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the Biden Administration. ...

In December 2024, the State of New York enacted the “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which would impose retroactive fines on fossil fuel...

On February 18, 2025, Judge Bloom (S.D. Fla.) dismissed a lawsuit against Lululemon, the athleisure company, that centered upon...

Last week, a federal district judge in the Northern District of Texas upheld a rule promulgated by the Biden Administration's Department...

Following a bench trial, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that “that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act...

On December 18, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a lower state court's decision that, under Montana's...

On November 19, 2024, the EU Council adopted a new regulation on ESG ratings, which “aim[s] at making rating activities in the EU more...

On December 16, 2024, the California Air Resources Board--the regulatory agency responsible for implementing California's mandatory...