Fashion retailers remain a top target of greenwashing lawsuits. Retailers are under scrutiny for their sustainability representations (discussed in our earlier legal alerts here) and are being targeted by class action...more
6/2/2023
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Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Fashion Industry ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Popular ,
Product Labels ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As consumer interest in climate change and sustainability continues to evolve, an increase in “greenwashing” claims directed towards fashion retailers has generated a series of headline-grabbing lawsuits. Over the last year,...more
1/24/2023
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Business Strategies ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Fashion Industry ,
Greenwashing ,
H&M ,
Marketing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Sustainability ,
Trademarks
On July 28, 2022, a group of environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit in Washington D.C. Superior Court against a utility alleging that various marketing statements referring to natural gas as “clean,” “carbon...more
9/22/2022
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Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Low Carbon Fuel Standard ,
Renewable Energy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As investors have piled into ESG-friendly mutual funds over the past several years, the SEC has begun ratcheting up scrutiny of the representations made by the advisers of those ESG investment funds. This week, the SEC...more
5/26/2022
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Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Greenwashing ,
Investment Funds ,
Mutual Funds ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
As climate change jurisprudence continues to evolve, an offshoot of “greenwashing” claims has generated a series of headline-grabbing lawsuits. The definitions vary but most references to greenwashing include claims...more
10/18/2021
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenwashing ,
Misleading Statements ,
Misrepresentation ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Sustainable Business Practices