Daily Compliance News: August 15, 2025, The Privilege Protected Edition
FCPA Compliance Report - Episode 770 - Integrating ESG in Global Outsourcing: Insights from Inge Zwick
On Demand, On Purpose: Fashion Manufacturing That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
Daily Compliance News: July 16, 2025, The Corruption Comes to Cannes’ Edition
Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Navigating Fiduciary Responsibilities in a Tide-Turning ESG Era
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
Compliance into the Weeds: More Compliance Challenges in the Trump Era
Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Sectoral Trends
Environmental and Sustainability Regulations & the New Administration
Podcast - Beyond Compliance: A Deep Dive into Carbon Markets Fraud and the Government's Response
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Regulatory Uncertainty: Benefits-Related Legal Challenges in a Post-Chevron World — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 16: The Political and Legal Maze of ESG in the U.S. and Abroad
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Why ESG Matters?
JONES DAY TALKS®: ESG Reporting Rules: The SEC, CSRD, and California– Who's on the Hook?
ESG Masterclass — Legal Risks Hiding in Your DEIB Programming
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
ISS has announced that it will be updating its Environmental & Social Disclosure QualityScore (ESQS) scoring methodology. ESQS covers approximately 8,000 issuers across 25 industry groups in the Americas, Europe and...more
What do businesses need to know, and how can they prepare? Introduction - On June 25, 2025, the UK government initiated a consultation (the Consultation) on the exposure draft of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards...more
The Conference Board recently reported that the number of Russell 3000 companies issuing sustainability reports in the first half of 2025 fell 52% compared to the first half of 2024. ...more
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
The wildfires in Southern California earlier this year were another sobering reminder of the devastating impact of natural disasters on local communities, and Connecticut is certainly not immune....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement confirming that there is nothing in its rules, including its sustainability rules, that prevents investment in or finance for defence companies. The FCA...more
On 11 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published a statement clarifying that their rules, including with regards to sustainability, do not prevent investment in or financing of defence companies. The...more
Only a short time has elapsed since President Trump named Mark T. Uyeda as Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 21, 2025. Already, however, the regulatory climate has shifted significantly...more
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
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The European Union published its long-awaited "Omnibus" package, proposing to delay key European ESG rules, while simultaneously reducing the applicability and burden of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence...more
In today’s polarized and politically charged climate, few topics spark as much debate as ESG. Once a niche concern limited to green investors and idealistic board members, ESG has evolved into a mainstream business priority....more
The SEC staff recently modified guidance indicating when “shareholder engagement” by an investor holding more than 5% of the stock of a public company constitutes “influencing control” that requires reporting on a long-form...more
Acting Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") Chairman Mark Uyeda directed SEC staff to request that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals not schedule an oral argument in the pending litigation...more
On February 11, 2025, Mark T. Uyeda, the acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, took action with respect to The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate Disclosures for Inventors rule, which was adopted...more
On January 28, 2025 a resolution amending the General provisions applicable to issuers and other participants in the securities market (the "Resolution") was published in the Federal Official Gazette, to include obligations...more
In a rare move to update its voting policies in the midst of proxy season, ISS issued this press release stating it will no longer consider a board’s gender, racial or ethnic diversity when making director election...more
2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more
In recent years, we have seen more class action securities claims against UK listed companies — akin to US style “stock-drop” litigation. These claims are typically brought by groups of investors, backed by financing...more
On January 31, 2025, Vanguard issued its proxy voting policy for US portfolio companies, following the publication of BlackRock’s proxy voting guidelines for benchmark policies – US securities in December 2024. The updates...more
Le 18 décembre 2024, le Conseil canadien des normes d’information sur la durabilité (le « CCNID »), lequel menait des travaux depuis juin 2023 visant à mettre en place un cadre relatif à la durabilité au Canada, a publié les...more
This week, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered the keynote address at the Northwestern Securities Regulation Institute in San Diego. Her theme: that public companies are “confronting a symptom of a larger societal...more
The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and...more
The Corporate Governance Code recommends that the board of directors promote, in the most appropriate forms, dialogue with shareholders and other stakeholders relevant to the company, thus tying the goal of "sustainable...more