- The California Air Resources Board’s latest workshop on rulemaking for SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. Among other things, CARB staff reminded participants that the
Preparing for the 2026 proxy season
For United States public companies, the drafting of the proxy statement and its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are integral parts of preparing for the annual meeting of shareholders.
In 2026, public companies will prepare their proxy statements amid a variety of SEC policy changes regarding
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Latest developments in sustainability law
- The Supreme Court grants certiorari in the Boulder climate litigation
- In the EU, the Omnibus I Directive enters into force on March 18
- The SEC proposes
Latest developments in sustainability law
- Oral arguments in Chamber of Commerce v. CARB
- The European Parliament’s approval of Omnibus I reforms
- CalRecycle’s proposed revisions to SB 54
- Customs and Border Protection’s
Updating Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 and other annual reporting
Now that 2026 has begun, US public companies with a December 31 fiscal year-end will be working to prepare their annual reports on Form 10-K for filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Companies are encouraged not only to meet relevant SEC requirements, but also to understand disclosure
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Trump Administration issues Executive Order affecting proxy advisory firms: Top points
President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order 14366, “Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors,” which could significantly impact the policies and practices of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), two major proxy advisory firms in the United States.
Released on
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Long-term trends that will affect sustainability business law in 2026
- Global sustainability rulemaking is recalibrating, signaling a reset, not a retreat
- Crosscurrents in the US: Many states’
Recent ESG legal developments
The November issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of developments in sustainability law – among them, key decisions emerging from the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the Ninth Circuit’s stay on enforcement of California SB 261, the deadlock over reforms
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Recent ESG legal developments
The October issue of Horizon covers late-breaking developments in sustainability law, among them CARB’s postponement of rulemaking – but not reporting deadlines – for SBs 253 and 261; the historic TotalEnergies greenwashing decision; proposed changes to the EUDR that would preserve current reporting dates; federal banking regulators’ withdrawal of climate
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Recent ESG legal developments
In the September issue of Horizon, we report on late-breaking developments in ESG law – in particular, the California Air Resource Board’s release of its SB 261 Preliminary List of Reporting/Covered Entities; another potential delay for the EUDR; the Ontario Securities Commission’s greenwashing allegations against an asset management company
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