6/25/2026 4:30:27 PM CARB Proposes to Defer California’s First SB 253 Emissions Reporting Deadline to November 10, 2026 By Aidan Lawes Howard Sidman Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Armelle Sandrin-Deforge +2 more... Show less On June 24, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it intends to defer the first-year reporting deadline under...
6/24/2026 11:01:26 PM Seventeen State Attorneys General Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations By Emily Goldberg Knox Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz Two competing lawsuits now challenge California’s implementation of its Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer...
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...
5/28/2026 4:42:20 PM UN General Assembly Backs ICJ Climate Opinion By Howard Sidman Olga Gidalevitz On May 20, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/80/L.65 responding to the International Court of Justice's 2025...
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,...
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....