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...
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...
2/25/2026 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...
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...
10/17/2025 12:08:13 PM Germany to expand Industrial Decarbonization Support: EUR 6 billion Initiative adds CCS By My Linh Vu-Gregoire Dickson Chin Dr Johannes Willheim Bijan Tavakoli +1 more... Show less Germany has unveiled an EUR 6 billion funding initiative that expands climate protection contracts to include carbon capture and storage...
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...
8/23/2025 3:58:27 PM Will the U.S/EU Trade Deal lead to additional changes in European ESG legislation? By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Howard Sidman Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz Seth Engel Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +3 more... Show less As a follow-up to the political agreement reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
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...
7/25/2025 3:53:47 PM New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Lenders To Lower Rents By Hesh Parlikad David Paulson Michael Riess Tito Escobar +1 more... Show less In an effort to protect small businesses from high rents, on June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that...
7/25/2025 2:17:00 PM Legal Questions for Your Sustainability Team #3 By Chuck Wehland Olga Gidalevitz This series of posts seeks to identify legal questions that can add definition and value to the good work that sustainability teams are...