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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

Following up on our recent post analyzing Texas’s new proxy advisor disclosure statute, S.B. 2337, we note a significant development: On August 29, 2025, Judge Alan Albright of the United States District Court for the Western...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Federal Court Declines to Enjoin CA Climate Disclosure Laws

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California declined to block enforcement of California’s two major climate disclosure bills, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Court Declines to Halt Climate Disclosure Laws as CARB Pursues Delayed Rulemaking

New laws take effect January 1 while regulated entities still await implementing regulations from California Air Resources Board....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas’s New Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law: Key Details for Shareholders and Companies Ahead of September 2025

Texas has enacted S.B. 2337, a statute set to reshape proxy advisory practices for publicly traded companies that are either organized in Texas, have their principal place of business in the state or have proposed becoming a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Injunction To Block California Environmental Disclosure Laws Denied

On August 13, 2025, the District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by several business groups challenging California Senate Bills 253 (Climate Corporate Data...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Climate Reporting Laws: CARB Provides New Guidance

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently held its second virtual public workshop to provide additional guidance on implementing California’s climate disclosure statutes, SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

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New York Seeks Transparency in Personal Algorithmic Pricing Practices

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Certain businesses implement dynamic pricing based on individual preferences or previously collected consumer data. This practice may soon be prohibited in New York if those websites fail to state, “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN...more

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Companies Join the Fray in the Battle of the Proxy Advisors v. Texas

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On June 20, 2025, Texas passed SB 2337, a first-of-its-kind regulation of proxy advisors such as ISS and Glass Lewis. SB 2337 requires proxy advisors to, among other things, disclose when their recommendations are based, in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive Preliminary Injunction on First Amendment Challenge: Reporting Obligations Swiftly...

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by a coalition of business groups seeking to halt implementation of California’s corporate...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

California’s Unique Greenhouse Gas Emissions Laws Remain in Effect—For Now

Relief is not immediately in sight for companies subject to key California greenhouse gas emission laws. A federal court in California recently denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to pause compliance with SB-253,...more

Alston & Bird

California Climate Disclosure Laws Survive First Amendment Challenge

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Two California climate disclosure laws have withstood an attempt to block them in a lawsuit challenging their constitutionality. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group breaks down what the federal court’s...more

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California Wins Key Victory in Ongoing Challenge to Its Climate Disclosure Laws

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Key Takeaways - What is Happening? On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (the District Court) denied the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the United States Chamber of...more

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Ongoing Legal Battle Over California’s Climate-Related Disclosure Laws: District Court Gives Red Light to Preliminary Injunction...

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On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction to enjoin California Senate Bills 253 and 261. The Chamber of Commerce and five co-Plaintiffs...more

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California Climate Reporting Deadlines Loom After Denial of Preliminary Injunction

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For the thousands of companies potentially subject to California’s landmark climate reporting laws—the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261)—reporting has...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Federal Court Rejects Preliminary Injunction Against California Climate Disclosure Laws

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The ruling allows implementation of the laws while First Amendment litigation proceeds on the merits....more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

No Pause for Climate Disclosures: Court Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against California’s SB 253 and SB 261

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dealt a setback to plaintiffs and potentially regulated entities in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. v. California...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Federal Court Declines to Enjoin California Climate Disclosure Laws

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California declined to enjoin California’s two major climate disclosure bills, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction to Enjoin California’s Climate Disclosure Laws

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On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin California’s Climate Corporate Data...more

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Court Upholds California Climate Disclosure Laws—for Now

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On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to halt enforcement of SB 253 (emissions disclosure) and SB...more

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Federal District Court Rejects Challenge to California's Climate Disclosure Law

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On August 13, 2025, the challenge to the State of California's mandatory climate disclosure regulations was resoundingly rejected by Judge Wright (C.D. Cal.). The preliminary injunction-- sought by the U.S. Chamber of...more

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California's Climate Laws: CARB Sets the Stage, but Final Rules Delayed

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California is gearing up to implement and enforce two groundbreaking climate disclosure laws – the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (CCDA) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (CFRA). In July 2025, in lieu of...more

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ISS Files Suit Against Texas SB 2337

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Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on July 24, 2025, seeking to end SB 2337, which was recently signed into law in June and will become effective...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Purl v HHS: Resetting the Reproductive Health Privacy Landscape

Reproductive health privacy is once again in the legal spotlight with a recent federal district court decision that struck down nearly all of a recent rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more

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