7/7/2026 3:50:54 PM EU Commission Adopts Revised ESRS: Less Reporting, But Not Less Preparation By Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Kevin Wilcock Olga Gidalevitz +2 more... Show less Companies covered by the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") will soon be required to report under revised...
7/1/2026 6:31:18 PM EU Forced Labor Regulation: The Time to Prepare is Now By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Bethany Biesenthal Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Bijan Tavakoli +4 more... Show less As the European Commission pointed out on its updated website on the European Union's Forced Labor Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3015)...
6/15/2026 1:31:51 PM Laser Fusion Is Making Great Strides: Germany's Draft Bill on Radiation Protection By Dr. Sarah Jabri Marco Heinzmann The German Federal Government has published a draft bill to amend the Radiation Protection Act (Strahlenschutzgesetz, “StrlSchG”), which...
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...
6/8/2026 5:19:43 PM EU Commission Pushes for Transposition of the EmpCo Directive on Environmental Claims By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca On May 28, 2026, the European Commission sent a formal notice to 20 Member States, initiating an infringement procedure for failure to...
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,...
5/4/2026 5:54:17 PM The EU Commission Publishes its Report on the Simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Bijan Tavakoli +2 more... Show less On May 4, 2026, the European Commission ("Commission") published its report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation...
4/28/2026 9:04:07 AM Strategic TFA Litigation Increases PFAS Pressure in Germany By Bijan Tavakoli Dr. Sarah Jabri According to recent reports, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (“DUH”), one of Germany’s best-known environmental NGOs, has brought multiple actions...
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...