8/11/2026 1:36:48 PM California Court Tentatively Denies Injunction Against Textile EPR Program By Emily Goldberg Knox On August 6, 2026, the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, issued a tentative ruling denying a motion for preliminary...
7/23/2026 4:40:43 PM Federal Court Pauses California’s SB 343 Recyclability Labeling Law: What Companies Should Know By Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz On July 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted a preliminary injunction in California League...
7/23/2026 3:03:09 PM SB 253's 2027 Rules Take Shape: What CARB Previewed At Its July Workshop By Olga Gidalevitz Howard Sidman Emily Goldberg Knox CARB's July 21, 2026, public workshop gave reporting entities their first substantive look at how California's Climate Corporate Data...
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...
6/10/2026 10:22:06 PM Environmental Groups Challenge California’s SB 54 Plastics Regulations By Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz On June 2, 2026—one day after producers were required to register or seek an exemption—three major environmental organizations sued...
3/6/2026 7:32:41 PM California Textile EPR—Next Steps for Brands and Retailers Before July 1 By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox On February 27, 2026, CalRecycle announced that it selected Landbell USA—one of three applicants—as the producer responsibility...
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...
2/20/2026 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...
12/2/2025 3:06:54 PM CARB Opens Voluntary SB 261 Docket and Issues Enforcement Advisory Following Ninth Circuit Injunction By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox The California Air Resources Board ("CARB") has opened a new public docket for voluntary submissions related to SB 261 climate-related...
10/30/2025 5:39:00 PM Ninth Circuit Declines Delay of California's Climate Disclosure Reporting Requirement By Olga Gidalevitz 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 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...