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State Climate Laws and Litigation Face Federal Pushback Under New Executive Order

On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14260, Protecting American Energy From State Overreach​. Framed as part of the Administration’s broader strategy of unleashing American energy, the Order directs...more

Alston & Bird

Sustainability Spotlight | Q4 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, your place to keep up with all the ESG action – federal and state enforcement, shareholder proposals and litigation, and state attorney general actions. This...more

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New York Courts Shut Down Consumer Protection Claims Regarding Greenwashing

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The amount of climate-related litigation has tripled in the past decade and includes greenwashing claims against some of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world. New York state and its localities have brought some of...more

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Incoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Personnel and Impact on Enforcement

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To nobody’s surprise, it is already evident that President Trump’s second term will mark a significant shift in environmental regulation and policy from the Biden Administration. This article marks the first in a where we...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — November 2024

Despite the recent disbandment of the SEC’s Climate & ESG Task Force, the SEC is continuing to pursue enforcement actions concerning environmental issues, including greenwashing. Notably, over the past several weeks, the SEC...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024 - #2

Greenwashing Beef Production - On February 28, New York State Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court against meat processing company JBS USA for misleading the public about its...more

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

California AG Launches Investigation into Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Industries for Plastic Pollution

On April 28, 2022, the California Attorney General launched an investigation into the “fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.” As a first...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

An Updated Look at Civil Liability and Litigation Risks Associated with Climate Change

Climate change litigation has become a global phenomenon, as scientists, agencies, and the general public increasingly associate wildfires, droughts, flooding, hurricanes, heat waves and other events with changing climate. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 9.17.2021 | Top Story: World Bank Withdraws “Doing Business” Report After Probe Suggests Improper Influence

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In what appears to be a serious black eye for the organization, the World Bank has canceled its prominent “Doing Business” report (which rates the “business environment of the world’s countries”) after an “investigation...more

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Is Your Green Marketing Deceptive? Look To The FTC Green Guides To Limit The Risk Of An FTC Enforcement Action

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In the mid-2000s, businesses unleashed “a virtual tsunami of environmental marketing,” responding to increased consumer demand for products and services perceived to be environmentally friendly, or “green.”1 This consumer...more

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