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Perkins Coie

ESG Landscape: Continued Focus on Sustainability

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In the current political and business environment, companies are taking action to address a range of environmental and social issues.  Corporate attitudes have changed since the late 2010s, when environmental, social, and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2024: A Midyear Review

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and diverging opinions on approach, continued to dominate headlines across the globe in the first half of 2024. Companies and their stakeholders started the year navigating...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Trends and Financing - March 2024

Managing Deal Risks in a Challenging Regulatory Environment: Strategies and Deal Terms With antitrust and other regulators scrutinizing mergers more closely, it is crucial for companies to negotiate terms to mitigate and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Congressional Investigations: A Review of Investigations Likely to Continue in 2024 and into the 119th Congress

This is the sixth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

J.S. Held

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: New Laws Addressing the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more

A&O Shearman

Conversion into law of the Justice Decree

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What is new in the field of crimes pursuant to Legislative Decree 231, disturbed freedom of enchantment, environmental crimes and the practical implications for the Organisational Models of entities - On 9 October 2023,...more

Dechert LLP

California Governor Signs Climate Disclosure Bills with Significant Impact for Entities of All Forms Doing Business in the State

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The two new California laws apply to both public and private corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, or other business entities meeting applicable revenue thresholds and doing business in California, without...more

K&L Gates LLP

GOP ESG Bills Await US House Floor Consideration

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ESG Activity in the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) - Prior to departing for the August recess, Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) wrapped up the month-long series of hearings considering digital assets and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2023: A Mid-Year Review

As predicted in our February 1, 2023, client alert, “ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023,” a global economic slowdown and ongoing backlash in the U.S. have slowed the momentum of some aspects of the environmental, social and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2022 and Predictions for 2023

Following another year of increasing focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations by companies, investors and regulators alike, ESG appears to have cemented its position in the corporate landscape...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Q&A: The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: To Whom Does It Apply and What Should EU and Non-EU Companies Consider?

As part of the European Commission’s (EC’s) commitment to strengthen sustainability disclosure in its 2018 Sustainable Finance Action Plan, the EC, together with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), has...more

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Upcoming Midterms Carry Implications for Corporate ESG Efforts

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Election Day is rapidly approaching, and control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate is on the line. The Democrats have a razor-thin majority that could quickly shift as a result of the midterms....more

J.S. Held

Crosscurrents: J.S. Held’s Environmental, Social & Governance Observations (ESG Issues at the State Level)

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Right now, one big question for companies is, “How do you balance the demands of investors and consumers against the political backdrop both nationally and at the state level?”...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

House Committee Considers Legislation Requiring Disclosure of Political Spending, ES&G Metrics and Diversity

The House Committee on Financial Services is considering legislation on a number of matters that would affect public companies.  ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2021

Welcome to Top 10 Topics in 2021: A Brave New World - The world has changed a lot since our 2020 report. A global pandemic; an ongoing reckoning on race, inequality and social justice; a climate crisis; an economic shock;...more

NAVEX

Supply Chains Under Scrutiny: Targeting Human Rights and Forced Labor Risks

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This summer, one of the UK’s best-known online brands found its supply chain at the center of a high-profile modern slavery investigation. Within hours of the story breaking the company’s share price plummeted, as...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

House Financial Services Committee and House of Representatives Address Capital Formation Related Bills

This past week, the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed a few bills that would, if passed by the House, result in changes to the securities laws. ...more

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