Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Daily Compliance News: July 21, 2025, The More Reasons Not to Go to China Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework - Part 5, People
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 2, Oversight
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 1, Introduction
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 4 - Control Information and Communication
Everything Compliance: Episode 156, To Document or Not Edition
Daily Compliance News: June 26, 2025, The? Matt Galvin Honored Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Boeing’s New Safety Initiatives and Compliance Reforms
News that Steward Health Care executives may lose millions in unqualified retirement savings due to the company's use of a "rabbi trust" has sent a jolt through the ranks of corporate leadership. Steward's deferred...more
On February 6, 2025, a Pennsylvania federal judge gave preliminary approval to a $2.1 million settlement resolving a class action involving the Pride Mobility ESOP. This case is one of six brought so far—and the second to...more
4 Last week, a federal district judge in the Northern District of Texas upheld a rule promulgated by the Biden Administration's Department of Labor enabling ESG-focused investing. Specifically, the court determined that the...more
The Mysterious Boundary Beyond Which “Personal” Relationships Jeopardize a Director’s Independence - In a recent enforcement action, the SEC concluded that the relationship between James Craigie and an officer of Church &...more
On January 10th, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the court) ruled that American Airlines, Inc. (American) and the American Airlines Employee Benefits Committee (together, the Defendants)...more
Ropes & Gray closely monitors the rapidly evolving ESG landscape, helping asset managers and institutional investors navigate the dynamic ESG regulatory environment and keep on top of emerging ESG trends and industry best...more
On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Court”) held, in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., that American Airlines (“American”) and the American Airlines Employee Benefits...more
Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more
On January 10, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled, following a four-day bench trial, that an airline breached ERISA fiduciary duties when investing...more
Last week, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, issued the first-of-its-kind ruling on the merits pertaining to environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) investing...more
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
Following the flurry of regulatory guidance and informal comments from officials at the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and other agencies of the Federal government, health and welfare plans should be a primary...more
If you own or manage a company that a private equity firm is looking to acquire, and you plan to stay on after the closing, you’ll likely need to negotiate two key points: rolling over some or all of your equity and...more
Following a bench trial, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that “that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act solely in the retirement plan's best financial interests by allowing their corporate...more
In the current political and business environment, companies are taking action to address a range of environmental and social issues. Corporate attitudes have changed since the late 2010s, when environmental, social, and...more
Key topics in Akin’s July 2024 Sustainability/ESG Policy and Regulatory Update include: Updated Assessment of SFDR by EU Regulators: The European Supervisory Authorities have proposed changes to the Sustainable Finance...more
A recent summary judgment decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in an ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) class action challenging the alleged impact of environmental, social,...more
One of the routine duties of counsel for a public company is advising officers and directors on their trades in company stock and their SEC responsibilities when they leave. Because those discussions are routine, it may be...more
Executive Summary and Overview- State anti-ESG lawmakers have enacted legislation aimed at restricting investors from considering ESG factors in their investment strategies and decisions by requiring state financial...more
A Texas federal judge recently permitted an environmental, social, and governance- (ESG) related Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) case filed by an airline pilot against his employer and its benefits plan to...more
A federal district court in Missouri recently denied a motion to dismiss the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (“SIFMA’s”) challenge to Missouri Securities Division rules that require financial firms and...more
The Mintz Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Working Group developed this ESG primer to provide an overview of the current state of affairs in the United States with respect to the ESG issues that businesses...more
The time may have come to add a welfare plan committee to your company’s governance of employee benefit plans. New legal obligations and other developments impose fiduciary risks for welfare plans similar to what already...more
The United States is in the process of transitioning ESG disclosure from voluntary, market-led reporting to a regulatory-driven scheme, principally led by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated (but...more
Consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is becoming increasingly important for companies when conducting business and in dealings with investors and employees. The increased emphasis on ESG poses...more