11/26/2025 4:43:32 PM One year postponement of EUDR almost certain! By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Aidan Lawes Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Marin Denizet Seth Engel Kevin Wilcock +3 more... Show less Following the Council of the European Union's adoption of its negotiation position on the revision of the EU Regulation on...
11/14/2025 5:08:07 PM Omnibus - European Parliament Has Adopted Its Negotiating Position With Further Scaling Back Of CSRD And CSDDD By Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Howard Sidman +3 more... Show less After previously failing to come to an agreement, the European Parliament yesterday adopted its negotiating position on the Omnibus...
11/7/2025 2:56:11 PM Germany’s New Housing Acceleration Act – Will the “Building Turbo” ignite? By Dr. Sarah Jabri Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Nicole Kadel Dr. Philipp Berrsche Christian Trenkel +2 more... Show less Germany’s shortage of affordable housing in urban centers remains one of the country’s biggest challenges. After successive federal...
10/30/2025 5:45:43 PM Paris Judicial Court Dismisses Most of NGOs' Claims Against TotalEnergies in "Greenwashing" Case By Francoise Labrousse Howard Sidman Benedicte Graulle Cyril Philibert +1 more... Show less Last week, the Paris Judicial Court issued its long-awaited judgment in the so-called "greenwashing" case brought by Greenpeace and other...
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...
9/28/2025 12:53:47 PM Will The EUDR Be Delayed For A Second Time? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less According to news reports, the EU Commission proposed delaying the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for a second time....
9/19/2025 3:58:21 PM EU Court: Investments In Nuclear Energy and Natural Gas Can Qualify As Sustainable By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes +1 more... Show less On September 10, 2025, the European Court of Justice held that the European Commission was entitled to take the view that nuclear and...
9/19/2025 3:55:39 PM New ESG Rules For Textiles in Europe and France By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On September 9, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a new directive amending the Waste Framework Directive with respect to textiles and...
9/19/2025 11:51:08 AM Upcoming Event: The Extraterritorial Impact of EU ESG Laws - New York Climate Week By Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Charlotte Taylor How will the EU’s new ESG rules affect companies worldwide—and what legal challenges could arise in the US? Join us in New York to hear...
9/19/2025 11:49:29 AM Eighth Circuit Declines to Advance SEC Climate Disclosure Litigation By Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman Ashley Heintz Sarah Levine +1 more... Show less On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit paused challenges to the SEC’s climate-related disclosure rules....
9/16/2025 11:08:14 AM Court Again Declines to Block California Climate Disclosure Laws, Pauses Case Pending Appeal By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox Chuck Wehland Howard Sidman +1 more... Show less Back in August, we wrote about a federal court’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction that would have blocked California’s new...