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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Congressional Investigations Quarterly

Designed for busy in-house counsel, government affairs professionals, policy advocates, and legal practitioners seeking to navigate the ins and outs of congressional oversight, this inaugural edition of MoFo’s “Congressional...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Corporate America Caught in the Political Crossfire

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The culture wars continue to present a challenge for corporate America, resulting in diminished influence of the “Chamber of Commerce” business perspective in Washington. But the bipartisan legislative successes of the past...more

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Benefits Monthly Minute - March 2023

The March Monthly Minute highlights new proposed deadlines for use of retirement plan forfeitures, unsuccessful efforts to overturn the final ESG rule, and ACA penalty increases for 2024. Sorry Not Sorry: Biden Vetoes...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Today - December 2022. Intersection of ESG, health equity, and 501(r) compliance

Compliance Today - December 2022 - We are at a critical moment of change when it comes to truly addressing health inequities in this country. With the intersection of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

ESG for Government Contractors: Climate-Related Risk Considerations in Federal Procurement

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (the “FAR Council”) currently is considering amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) that would elevate the consideration of climate-related risks in Federal...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

2021 Energy and Chemicals Antitrust Report

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Antitrust activity increased significantly in 2021. This past year brought numerous changes in merger and non-merger enforcement policies and priorities that signal increased scrutiny in industry transactions. The “Biden...more

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Government Enforcement and Investigations Year-In-Review: The Administration Has Moved Its Pieces into Place

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On Monday, President Biden released the United States Strategy on Countering Corruption, which details how the United States will work “domestically and internationally, with governmental and non-governmental partners, to...more

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SEC May Soon Require Affirmative Climate Change Disclosure By Public Companies

Beginning on the 2020 election campaign trail and ever since President Biden has made responding to climate change one of his highest priorities. Indeed, one of the President’s first Executive Orders (E.O. 14008) is entitled,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New Executive Order Addresses Financial Risks Of Climate Change

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President Biden’s recent executive order addressing climate-related financial risk highlights the need for businesses to examine and evolve their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies. On May 20, 2021,...more

King & Spalding

Enforcement of ESG Rules Restricting ERISA Retirement Plans on Hold

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The U.S. Department of Labor will not enforce two of its final rules, published in November and December 2020, restricting ERISA retirement plans’ consideration of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors in the...more

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Biden’s Acting SEC Chair Wants Mandatory ESG Reporting

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On Thursday, January 21, President Biden announced that Democratic SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee will serve as acting chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”). As a reminder,...more

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Introduction To Renewable Fuels

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Nationally and globally, there is growing focus on renewable fuels as a potentially profitable part of the strategy to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. While a number of renewable fuels regulations and...more

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