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Public Company Watch: Q1 2025

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The Q1 2025 edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning....more

Baker Donelson

Red Tape or Green Future? Unpacking California's Climate Disclosure Laws and the Pushback

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As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states are developing avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. In 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted...more

Jones Day

SEC Abandons Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to halt its defense of the climate disclosure rules introduced under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Ends Its Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission ends its defense of climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies. On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules imposing new...more

DLA Piper

SEC withdraws defense of US Climate Disclosure Rules

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Yesterday, March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notified the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the SEC wishes to withdraw its defense of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate...more

Allen Matkins

SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule

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Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

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Key Points From BCLP's Recent Public Company Update Program

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BCLP hosted its annual CLE event, "Public Company Update and Other Trending Topics,” in St. Louis recently. Some of the key issues covered by the event, along with some takeaway considerations for companies, include the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Sustainability Standards Board Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Disclosure Standards

On December 18, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), which has been working since June 2023 to advance the adoption of sustainability standards in Canada, released its inaugural Canadian Sustainability...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 4th Quarter 2024 - 2025 Reporting Season – Key Considerations

As we bid farewell to 2024, we welcome not only another year but also several new disclosure requirements. In this Snapshot, we summarize several developments and best practices for public companies to consider as the 2024...more

A&O Shearman

Preparing for the 2025 proxy season

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This guide discusses important themes from the 2024 proxy season and developing trends we are monitoring for 2025. It also includes a “housekeeping checklist” designed to assist you as you prepare your proxy statement. For...more

DLA Piper

Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - November 2024

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Major Changes Ahead at the SEC in the Trump Administration

Under the second Trump administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely to see broad changes in regulatory and enforcement initiatives once Chairman Gary Gensler leaves the commission, as is expected....more

Perkins Coie

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(e)’s Transition Plan Disclosure (Including Annual Progress)

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This is another in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules. We’re near the end of Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 852 through 855 of the...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

Alston & Bird

Sustainability Spotlight – Q1 2024

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, your place to keep up with all the ESG action – federal and state enforcement, shareholder proposals and litigation, and state attorney general actions. ...more

Jones Day

U.S. SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Spark Flurry of Litigation

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On March 6, 2024, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted the much anticipated climate-related disclosure rules, two years after publishing the proposed rules. Immediately following the adoption...more

Hinckley Allen

Every Business Should Pay Attention to Climate-Related Disclosure Rules: Here’s Why

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released final rules regarding the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the Final Rules). We provided an overview of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing Now for the SEC’s New Climate Rules

On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. As anticipated, the rules are facing multiple legal challenges, which have...more

Alston & Bird

An Update to Climate Risk Disclosures Among the SEC, CA, and the EU: Navigating Next Steps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on disclosing climate-related risks to investors are on hold, but California and EU rules are in effect. Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams...more

Goldberg Segalla

With Mounting Litigation from Multiple Courts, SEC Stays its New Climate Disclosure Rules

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Last month, our readers will recall that we reported on some pushback raised regarding the new climate disclosure rules promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring publicly traded registrants to...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

SEC’s First Quarter Rules: SPAC IPOs and Climate Disclosure Mandates

In January and March 2024, respectively, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules concerning special purpose acquisition companies and mandatory climate-related disclosure. Each rulemaking was the...more

Hicks Johnson

With the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules on Pause, What Should Registrants Expect?

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt final rules requiring registrants to disclose climate-related information in their registration statements and period reports (the Rules), two...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) finalized and adopted rules on climate-related disclosures for public companies, including foreign private issuers, that are less onerous than the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The SEC Stays Its Own Climate Rule—What’s Next?

On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a historic set of climate disclosure rules, which stand to be the most significant disclosure regime change since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The rule...more

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