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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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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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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On September 12, 2025, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the proceedings in Iowa v. SEC – the case challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) landmark climate disclosure rules – remain paused until the SEC either reconsiders the rules through the notice-and-comment rulemaking process or decides to
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The August issue of Horizon is now available, covering an array of late-breaking developments in ESG law. Among the developments we cover in this issue: the coming reporting deadline under California’s SB 261; the €1 million greenwashing fine levied against Shein’s web provider; latest developments around the Endangerment Finding; the
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The July issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of ESG legal developments – among them, the ICJ’s historic advisory opinion affirming that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right; the latest Omnibus I reform actions in the EU; EPA’s
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift its stay and issue a ruling in Iowa v. SEC, the case challenging the validity of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules (Rules). At the direction of the court, the SEC filed a status
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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently granted the Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance (the Motion) in Iowa v. US Securities and Exchange Commission – the case challenging the SEC’s 2024 climate disclosure rules – thereby pausing or delaying the proceedings until further order of the
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The April issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of ESG legal developments – among them, the Executive Order requiring DOJ to stop states from enforcing climate laws, Canada’s coming draft guidelines on environmental claims, and the European Parliament’s stop-the-clock directive pausing key
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s March 27, 2025 decision (the Decision) to withdraw the defense of its landmark climate-related disclosure rules adopted in March of 2024 (the Rules) did not formally pause or terminate the ongoing litigation.
On April 4, 2025, a group of 18 intervening states and the
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