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Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — August 2025

There was a noteworthy development in the ongoing legal challenge to the SEC’s mandatory climate disclosure law (dating from the Biden administration), which is currently pending in the Eighth Circuit. Following the decision...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Responds to Eighth Circuit, Asking Eighth Circuit to Rule on Climate Disclosure Litigation

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The SEC has stated that a ruling would help it determine the relevance of future rulemaking. On July 23, 2025 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) submitted a status report ordered by the Eighth...more

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SEC Asks Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to Rule on Climate Rules Litigation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift its stay and issue a ruling in Iowa v. SEC, the case challenging the validity of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules...more

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SEC Climate Rule Saga Continues

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial climate disclosure rules have been essentially dead since last March, when the SEC voted to end its defense of the rules. ...more

Mintz

SEC Withdraws Guidance That Companies Must Disclose Foreign Climate Litigation

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Last Friday, on June 20, the SEC withdrew guidance--dating from the George W. Bush administration--that indicated that “disclosure of environmental actions brought by a foreign government” was “require[d].”  In effect, the...more

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Eighth Circuit Indefinitely Pauses SEC Climate Rule Litigation: Key Implications for Public Companies

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The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently granted the Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance (the Motion) in Iowa v. US Securities and Exchange Commission – the case challenging the SEC’s 2024 climate disclosure rules...more

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Eighth Circuit Directs SEC to Reveal Plans for Climate Disclosure Rule

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On April 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ordered that the litigation challenging the validity of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rule be “held in abeyance pending...more

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Public Company Watch: Q1 2025

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The Q1 2025 edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning....more

Baker Donelson

Red Tape or Green Future? Unpacking California's Climate Disclosure Laws and the Pushback

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As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states are developing avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Withdraws Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

As a follow-up to our blog post in February about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) pause in defending its Climate Disclosure Rules, on March 27, the SEC notified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more

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SEC Abandons Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to halt its defense of the climate disclosure rules introduced under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler....more

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SEC Ends Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

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In March of 2024, we reported on the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s adoption of a comprehensive set of rules governing climate-related disclosures. The rules would require public companies to disclose climate-related...more

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Breaking News: SEC Withdraws Its Defense of Climate Disclosure Regulations

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On March 27, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will no longer defend Biden-era regulations requiring large corporations to disclose the impacts of climate change on their businesses. This...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Ends Its Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission ends its defense of climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies. On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules imposing new...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The SEC Effectively Ends Climate Disclosure Requirements Under Trump Administration

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On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced via letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that SEC attorneys would no longer defend its climate change disclosure rules. ...more

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SEC Nixes Climate Disclosure Rules

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On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to end its defense of the climate disclosure rules it adopted last year that would have required publicly traded companies disclose climate-related risks and...more

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The SEC Votes to “End its Defense” of Climate Change Rules

As previously reported, SEC Asks Court to Put Climate Change Litigation on Hold, the SEC had asked the court to suspend litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit challenging its new climate change disclosure...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Votes to End Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

On March 27, 2025, the SEC announced that it voted (2-1) to end its defense of the final enhanced and standardized climate-related disclosure rules (the Climate Rules). The SEC previously adopted the Climate Rules on March 6,...more

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SEC withdraws defense of US Climate Disclosure Rules

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Yesterday, March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notified the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the SEC wishes to withdraw its defense of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Making Waves No Longer: SEC Abandons Climate Disclosure Rule

In a widely anticipated move, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it will no longer defend the agency’s climate disclosure rule issued during the Biden administration. The disclosure rule...more

Allen Matkins

SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule

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Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

[Webinar] A Shift in ESG: Navigating Environmental and Social Issues Under the New Administration - A Three-Part Series - March...

Under the new administration, several shifts in E&S have impacted public companies across a number of different practice areas. In light of these developments, companies are taking a wide array of approaches to disclosure,...more

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SEC Chairman Halts Litigation on Climate Disclosure Rules

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The acting chairman of the SEC, Mark T. Uyeda, requested Feb. 11 that the Eighth Circuit pause ongoing litigation concerning the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rule — (known as...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures: Further Developments

In June 2023, Mintz published an article entitled “A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures” (the June 2023 Article), which analyzed the comment letters related to...more

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SEC Begins Process of Eliminating Climate Disclosure Rule

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In a development that could hardly be termed unexpected, the Trump Administration SEC has begun the process of unraveling the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the SEC under the Biden Administration. Specifically, the...more

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