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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOL Final Rule on ESG Factors to Take Effect February 1, 2023

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The Final Rule clarifies the application of ERISA’s fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty to the selection of plan investments that incorporate ESG goals. On November 22, 2022, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released a...more

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DOL Reframes ESG Investing and Proxy Voting for ERISA Fiduciaries

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The US Department of Labor released a final rule reframing how ERISA-regulated fiduciaries can consider environmental, social, and governance factors in retirement plan investment decision making....more

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US Department of Labor Puts ESG Investing on Ice

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In its finalized rule amending ERISA, the DOL makes financial factors paramount in a fiduciary’s responsibility to investors. On October 30, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published Financial Factors in Selecting...more

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