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Some lawyers vow to not prosecute climate activists

By BBC • March 24, 2023

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EU Launches Green Claims Rules to Protect Consumers from Greenwashing

By ESG Today • March 22, 2023

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President Biden just used his first veto to shoot down a bill that would ban ESG considerations for retirement plans—and set up a bigger fight

By Fortune • March 20, 2023

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Time Is Running Out to Curb Climate Change, IPCC Report Says

By Wall Street Journal • March 20, 2023

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Chapman and Cutler: Demonstrating best practices to create & execute an ESG strategy

By Thomson Reuters • March 14, 2023

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The first rule of ESG: Don’t talk about ESG

By Joel Makower • March 13, 2023

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Corporate greenwashing: The lawyers are coming

By ECGI • March 9, 2023

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Rejecting Climate Change and ESG Risks Breach of Fiduciary Duties

By Bloomberg Law • March 1, 2023

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Water Security: A Global Challenge That Demands Our Attention and Action.

By Legal ESG • February 27, 2023

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‘Game-changers’– why in-house counsel must take ownership of ESG

By In-House Lawyer • February 21, 2023

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A Return to Investment Neutrality? DOL Rescinds Guidance Discouraging Plan Fiduciaries from Considering Cryptocurrencies

By:

Mayer Brown

On May 28, 2025, the US Department of Labor (the “Labor Department”) issued Compliance Assistance Release No. 2025-01 (the “2025 Release”), memorializing the Labor Department’s decision to rescind Compliance Release No. 2022-01 (the “2022 Release”), which had discouraged plan fiduciaries from offering cryptocurrencies in their 401(k) plans.

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A Primer on U.S. Non-Continuous Domestic Trade

By:

Benesch

The U.S. inland waterway system is a critical and underutilized component of the domestic supply chain that serves intrastate commerce and non-contiguous markets originating in or destined for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions.

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Securities Law Update - June 2025

By:

Fenwick & West LLP

Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...

LEXOLOGY:

JUN

Recent changes to the UK Stewardship Code: streamlining reporting and enhancing flexibility

SEC Abandons Numerous Gensler-Era Proposed Rules

"We're not in Kansas anymore" - the Pension Schemes Bill 2025

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Trump Asks SCOTUS to Clear Education Dept. Axing: The Brief

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, in an emergency filing Friday, asked the US Supreme Court to let him renew efforts to level the US Department of Education by lifting a lower court order requiring that some 1,400 workers be reinstated, Greg Stohr and Zoe Tillman report.

JUN

US Companies Delay Impact Reports With DEI, ESG Under Attack (1)

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It was just over a year ago when Nike Inc.’s then-CEO, John Donahoe, trumpeted a flashy 90-second video, hyping a report about the company’s efforts to improve diversity and equality.

JUN

SEC Limits on Shareholder Proposals Survive Activists’ Suit (1)

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The SEC can keep 2020 rules that activist investors say stop some environmental, social and governance proposals from getting votes at companies’ annual meetings, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

ESG TODAY:

JUN

ESG Today: Week in Review

By:

Mark Segal

This week in ESG news: Major cuts to sustainability reporting requirements proposed by EU’s Omnibus […]

JUN

EU Says Over €240 Billion Investment Needed for Nuclear Energy Plans

By:

Mark Segal

More than €240 billion in investments will be needed through 2050 in order to deliver […]

JUN

Green Project Technologies Launches New Supply Chain Clean Energy Procurement Platform

By:

Mark Segal

Carbon management software provider Green Project Technologies announced the launch of act50, a new digital […]

Insights

Some lawyers vow to not prosecute climate activists

EU Launches Green Claims Rules to Protect Consumers from Greenwashing

President Biden just used his first veto to shoot down a bill that would ban ESG considerations for retirement plans—and set up a bigger fight

Time Is Running Out to Curb Climate Change, IPCC Report Says

Chapman and Cutler: Demonstrating best practices to create & execute an ESG strategy

The first rule of ESG: Don’t talk about ESG

Corporate greenwashing: The lawyers are coming

Rejecting Climate Change and ESG Risks Breach of Fiduciary Duties

Water Security: A Global Challenge That Demands Our Attention and Action.

‘Game-changers’– why in-house counsel must take ownership of ESG

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