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 7:39:19 PM EU Industrial Accelerator Act: What Companies Need to Know By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Sarah Jabri Kevin Wilcock Sarah Blazek +3 more... Show less On 4 March 2026, the European Commission proposed a Regulation that would, for the first time, make European origin and low-carbon...
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...
2/27/2026 7:25:25 PM EU Publishes Pared Back ESG Rules in the Omnibus By Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Dr. Jürgen Beninca Amy Pandit Olga Gidalevitz Justine Naessens Yvan Desmedt +6 more... Show less For over a year, the EU has been working to reduce the scope of and simplify two flagship ESG rules, the Corporate Sustainability...
1/31/2026 11:26:25 PM Industrial Emissions Directive 2.0: Mandatory EMS, Stricter Limits, Materially Higher Sanction and Liability Risks By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri On January 21, 2026, the German Federal Cabinet adopted a draft bill to implement the EU’s revised Industrial Emissions Directive...
1/17/2026 12:09:04 AM ECB Climate-Related Enforcement: Legal and Supervisory Implications for the 2026 SREP Cycle By Michael Fischer Philippe Goutay Bijan Tavakoli As institutions enter the 2026 SREP cycle, the ECB is signaling a shift from remediation to enforcement in respect of unresolved...
1/15/2026 9:06:13 PM What Does "Fair, Clear and Not-Misleading" Mean in the Context of Fund Strategies? By Aidan Lawes John MacGarty Florence Moulin Giles Elliott Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz Mathias Raabe Benne Brouwer +5 more... Show less It has been the case for many years that promotional materials in the EU must be “fair, clear, and not mis-leading”. However, how should...
1/9/2026 2:55:05 AM Consultation on End-of-Waste Criteria for Plastics in the EU By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge On December 23, the European Commission announced a new package of measures to boost the “circular economy” and "strengthen Europe's...
12/18/2025 10:41:28 PM EU On Track To Simplify Important ESG Regulations By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Aidan Lawes Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Dr. Sarah Jabri +3 more... Show less On December 16, 2025, and December 17, 2025, the European Parliament (EP) formally approved simplifications and postponements of the...
12/13/2025 1:58:25 AM Circular Economy: New Rules in the EU for the Treatment of End-of-life Vehicles and Circularity Requirements for Vehicle Design By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Dr. Sarah Jabri Eric Barbier de la Serre On December 12, 2025, representatives of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the European Union (Council) provisionally...
12/5/2025 3:50:02 PM One Year Postponement Of EUDR Almost Certain! (Update) By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Kevin Wilcock +2 more... Show less As expected, the trilogue proceedings regarding the changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) ended quickly. The European...