REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES -
Update on Australia's New Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Regime -
Australia's mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime is inching closer to implementation after the proposed...more
9/23/2024
/ Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Popular ,
Tax Credits
In Short -
The Situation: In the last month, two courts in the Ninth Circuit allowed human rights focused cases to proceed beyond the pleading stage. These cases seek to impose liability on U.S.-based companies for alleged...more
8/2/2023
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
California ,
Child Labor ,
CLRA ,
Compliance Management Systems ,
Customers ,
Domestic Corporations ,
False Advertising ,
Forced Labor ,
Greenwashing ,
Human Rights ,
Subsidiaries ,
Suppliers ,
Torture Victims Protection Act of 1991 ,
Unfair Competition Law (UCL)