On October 21, 2024, the SEC imposed a fine of $4 million on investment adviser WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. for improperly labeling...

Over the past several years, there have been more than three dozen lawsuits launched against the major fossil fuel companies seeking...

This week, the Hawaii Supreme Court--in response to certified questions of law from the federal district court in Hawaii--held that the...

Last month, a federal district court struck down Missouri's anti-ESG rules that would prohibit investment advisors from utilizing ESG...

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a pair of greenwashing lawsuits filed--by both private plaintiffs and government...

On September 1, 2021, the State of Texas enacted a law (SB 13) that constitutes one of the most far-reaching anti-ESG laws among the...

Recently, Governor Newsom proposed that California delay the implementation of its recently-enacted climate disclosure laws for two...

It has been reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force.  This same task force had been...

As of June 2024, Canada added certain provisions to its Competition Act that explicitly target the practice of greenwashing.  In...

Companies in Australia will soon have to abide by a set of significant climate disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability...

Yesterday, Judge Bough (W.D. Mo.) issued a decision barring the recent anti-ESG rules Missouri had promulgated that prohibited investment...

Last week, the Dutch central bank released a study that concluded that “[s]ince 2020, a clear price difference has emerged between the...

On August 12, 2024, three Congressional Democrats (Casten (D-IL); Waters (D-CA); and Senator Whitehouse (D-RI)) sent a letter to the...

On June 24, the State of Hawaii entered into a settlement agreement with a group of thirteen plaintiffs, all minor children, concerning...

A couple of weeks ago, a lawsuit brought by the State of Connecticut against a major fossil fuel company, alleging various violations of...

Earlier this year, the SEC issued its long-awaited regulation concerning mandatory climate disclosures.  As expected, this climate...