6/25/2026 4:30:27 PM CARB Proposes to Defer California’s First SB 253 Emissions Reporting Deadline to November 10, 2026 By Aidan Lawes Howard Sidman Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +2 more... Show less On June 24, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it intends to defer the first-year reporting deadline under...
6/24/2026 11:01:26 PM Seventeen State Attorneys General Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations By Emily Goldberg Knox Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz Two competing lawsuits now challenge California’s implementation of its Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer...
6/15/2026 12:54:45 PM EU Commission Opens Consultation on Key CSDDD Guidelines By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Kevin Wilcock Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman +4 more... Show less On June 12, 2026, the EU Commission opened its consultation on the much anticipated CSDDD Guidelines. As the Commission states: “This...
5/28/2026 4:42:20 PM UN General Assembly Backs ICJ Climate Opinion By Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz On May 20, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/80/L.65 responding to the International Court of Justice's 2025...
5/7/2026 10:26:05 PM EU to Simplify CSRD Reporting Standards: What Changed and What Comes Next for the ESRS By Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less The European Union ("EU") has taken a further step in its bid to simplify the ESG reporting regime for EU and non-EU companies. On May 6,...
3/6/2026 7:32:41 PM California Textile EPR—Next Steps for Brands and Retailers Before July 1 By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox On February 27, 2026, CalRecycle announced that it selected Landbell USA—one of three applicants—as the producer responsibility...
2/26/2026 8:26:47 PM Plastics Updates - February 2026 By David Kiernan Emily Goldberg Knox Rebekah Blake Howard Sidman Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Lee DeJulius Preslava Dilkova Elizabeth Wild Prudence Smith +6 more... Show less Welcome to the February edition of the Plastics newsletter. Published monthly, we provide litigation, regulatory, and newsworthy updates...
2/20/2026 10:18:37 PM A Federal Court Paused Oregon's EPR Law: What Companies Should Know By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox David Kiernan Howard Sidman +1 more... Show less On February 6, 2026, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction in National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) v. Oregon...
12/10/2025 7:34:47 PM Omnibus – EU to Reduce Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Requirements By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Bijan Tavakoli Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Dr. Sarah Jabri Olga Gidalevitz +4 more... Show less On December 9, 2025, negotiators of the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament (EP) reached a provisional...
12/2/2025 3:06:54 PM CARB Opens Voluntary SB 261 Docket and Issues Enforcement Advisory Following Ninth Circuit Injunction By Olga Gidalevitz Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") has opened a new public docket for voluntary submissions related to SB 261 climate-related...
10/30/2025 5:39:00 PM Ninth Circuit Declines Delay of California's Climate Disclosure Reporting Requirement By Olga Gidalevitz Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a short order addressing the emergency motion to expedite...
9/30/2025 2:34:16 AM Legal Questions for Sustainability Team #5 By Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Q: The California Air Resources Board put our company on a preliminary list of businesses subject to climate reporting under SB 253 and...