3/25/2026 11:35:32 AM Climate Change Litigation Cases against German Car Manufacturers Dismissed By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Ali Enayatollahi +4 more... Show less On March 23, 2026, the German Federal Court of Justice ("BGH") ruled that private individuals cannot compel car manufacturers to cease...
3/20/2026 3:17:02 PM Climate Litigation Meets EU Transparency: Action Involving the CJEU’s Access-to-Documents Regime By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri A newly filed action before the General Court of the European Union (Case T-489/25, Krüßmann v Court of Justice of the European Union)...
3/6/2026 7:03:53 PM Germany: Three Forces Converge to Raise ESG Litigation Stakes By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri Germany's litigation landscape is being reshaped by the convergence of tighter criminal enforcement, scalable collective redress, and...
2/25/2026 1:20:37 PM U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Preemption Case By Jane Story Daniella Einik Kevin Holewinski Howard Sidman Joseph Parsons +2 more... Show less On February 23, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for writ of certiorari in Suncor Energy, Inc. v. County Commissioners...
8/14/2025 3:38:15 PM Court Upholds California Climate Disclosure Laws—for Now By Chuck Wehland Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for a...
7/1/2025 10:29:11 AM EU Institutions Agree On CBAM Modifications By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Amandine Delsaux Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less On June 18, 2025, the presidency of the EU Council and representatives of the European Parliament agreed on substantial changes to the...
6/2/2025 11:24:08 AM German Energy Company Succeeds in Landmark Climate Change Litigation Case By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Gerjanne te Winkel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, sided with the defendant energy company in a landmark climate change...
4/18/2025 9:01:01 PM NGOs File a Formal Complaint Against the Omnibus Procedure By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca Seth Engel Just as the European institutions adopted the “Stop The Clock” Directive, a coalition of NGOs filed a formal complaint on April 18, 2025,...
4/14/2025 12:21:01 PM EU Commission Pushes for Simplification of Permitting Procedures By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission hosted an event on April 10 on “Implementation Dialogue on Environmental Assessments and Permitting”. The purpose...
3/20/2025 6:32:24 AM German Landmark Climate Change Litigation Case Continues By Dr. Jürgen Beninca A Peruvian farmer's climate action lawsuit against a German energy company was continued last Monday and yesterday before the Higher...