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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 5.31.24

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether federal and state agencies must clearly define limits on wastewater pollution when issuing discharge permits. The high court took up the City of San Francisco’s...more

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Public Company Watch: March 2024

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In the March edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the new climate disclosure rules, SEC scrutiny on beneficial ownership filings, West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension...more

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Public Company Watch: December 2023

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In the December Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including a preview of the SEC’s latest regulatory agenda, an update regarding the Fifth Circuit vacating the SEC’s share repurchase rules,...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Let Them Eat Cake: What Could the Recent Attack on the Mona Lisa Possibly Have to Do with Climate Change?

Last month, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (well, the bulletproof glass she’s encased in) was smeared with cake—apparently to protest climate change. The protester was a man disguised, in wig and makeup, as an elderly lady in...more

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German Federal Constitutional Court Refuses to Hear Climate Activists’ Complaints

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On 2 February 2022, the German Federal Constitutional Court ("GFCC") published an order dated 18 January 2022 by which it refused to hear the case of eleven constitutional complaints of young climate activists. The complaints...more

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German Climate Activists File Climate Change Lawsuits Against Major German Car Manufacturers To Prohibit Selling Combustion Engine...

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At the beginning of September 2021, climate activists affiliated with German NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe ("DUH") sent pre-action letters to major German car manufacturers Daimler and BMW and to Wintershall, Germany's largest oil...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Oregon Supreme Court Rejects Expansion of Public Trust Doctrine in Climate Change Lawsuit

In Chernaik v. Brown, the Oregon Supreme Court rejected claims by young climate activists that the public trust doctrine compelled government action to combat climate change. The lawsuit was part of a broader local and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #3

Judge Boots the Global Warming Cases of San Francisco and Oakland Against Oil Companies - "In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the motions to dismiss from the five targeted companies - Chevron,...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Activists Bring Climate Change Policy to the Courtroom

People and parties concerned with the current and tangible effects of climate change are finding places to point the finger of blame, including governments and companies who are making decisions with influence over practices...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2018 #3

Pipeline CEOs Vow to Fight Back Against Environmental Activism and Sabotage - "Executives from some of the biggest energy infrastructure companies in Canada and the United States say their industry had been surprised by...more

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