On September 18, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its latest proposed policy in an active year for the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program. On June 17, 2025,...more
On August 18, 2025, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a district court order dismissing an ethylene oxide (“EtO”) exposure case for lack of Article III standing. The majority in...more
9/16/2025
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Appellate Courts ,
Article III ,
Class Action ,
Common Law Claims ,
Contamination ,
Daubert Standards ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Expert Testimony ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Standing ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure
On August 22, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced decisions on 175 small refinery exemption (“SRE”) petitions stretching back over the last four years. EPA’s scorecard reads that 63 petitions were...more
8/29/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Exemptions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Trump Administration
We have seen, a mere few months into President Trump’s second term, a remarkably transformational set of priorities across the federal government, which have had dramatic impacts on the private sector generally and public...more
6/10/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Greenwashing ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
International Trade ,
Investors ,
Judicial Authority ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Tortious Interference ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
The past few years have seen concerted efforts — both domestically and globally — advancing the reporting and disclosure of various climate- and sustainability-related metrics by businesses and investors. One of the most...more
3/25/2025
/ Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability
During the 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would direct federal agencies on day one to “immediately remove every single burdensome regulation driving up the cost of goods.” For the...more
12/5/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Congressional Review Act ,
COP ,
Deregulation ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
PFAS ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)