On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued a long-rumored executive order (the “Order”) that calls for expanded access to private equity and other alternative investments for 401(k) plans and their participants. The Order...more
On July 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued some new interpretive guidance as part of a request for information (“RFI”) about pooled employer plans (“PEPs”) and an employer’s fiduciary responsibilities that...more
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) began to articulate the Trump administration’s retirement policy priorities with its decisions to (i) end its defense of the Biden-era ESG rule in a long-running lawsuit...more
6/2/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Investment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retirement Plan ,
Trump Administration
On January 10, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas issued a much-anticipated ruling in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., which marks the first time that a federal judge has written an on-the-merits...more
1/15/2025
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Asset Management ,
Breach of Duty ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Plan Administrators ,
Proxy Voting ,
Retirement Plan ,
Shareholders
As we discussed in our white paper “ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-to-Date Recap and Analysis”, there was a surge in legislative activity in 2023 among red states curtailing the use of environmental, social...more
11/21/2024
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BlackRock ,
Boycotts ,
Chevron Deference ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
First Amendment ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Retirement Plan ,
State Legislatures ,
Sustainable Business Practices
Please join us for a first look at the potential implications for ESG in the aftermath of next week’s federal and state elections. Our panel of senior Ropes & Gray ESG partners will provide their take on a range of...more
11/1/2024
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity ,
Election Results ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenwashing ,
Human Rights ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
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