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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - September 2024

In this week’s edition, we discuss the UK’s advertising regulator’s continued focus on greenwashing enforcement – this time, in relation to Virgin Atlantic and its use of sustainable aviation fuel. We also discuss the latest...more

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ESG Update: Three Climate Change Decisions to Watch as the Temperature Rises

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Below, we break down three recent decisions and explain why the regulated community should pay attention to them: the first from the Southern District of New York in City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corporation; the second...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - April 2024 #2

In this week’s edition, we discuss the ever-increasing focus on greenwashing by way of enforcement action taken by regulatory authorities and incoming legislation aimed at enhancing consumer protection. The EU confirmed the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024 - #2

Greenwashing Beef Production - On February 28, New York State Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court against meat processing company JBS USA for misleading the public about its...more

Troutman Pepper

New York AG Sues Top Beef Producer for Alleged False “Net-Zero” Claims and Deceptive Trade Practices

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New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James is suing JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings under New York’s consumer protection laws for allegedly attempting to boost consumer sales by making sustainability...more

Venable LLP

New York Attorney General Says JBS Net Zero Claims Are Greenwashing

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Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest beef producer JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS Group). The lawsuit challenges the company’s claim that...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

New York Attorney General Sues JBS for its Climate Claims

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New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against beef producer JBS in state court. The allegations center around JBS’s allegedly misleading marketing claims related to its commitment to reduce climate...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - February 2024

ESG Ratings - The European Council and Parliament provisionally agreed upon a proposed regulation on ESG rating activities to boost transparency and increase investor confidence in ESG ratings. ESG ratings providers would...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Court Declares Austrian Airlines Liable for Greenwashing

An Austrian regional court found Austrian Airlines AG (AUA), a subsidiary of German airline Lufthansa, liable for greenwashing for advertisements offering carbon-neutral flights that used 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF),...more

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California Launches Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against the Major Oil Companies

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On September 15, 2023, California filed a lawsuit against the major oil companies, presenting claims under a variety of theories, including public nuisance and false advertising. This lawsuit is similar to ones filed by...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

California Lawsuit Launches Massive Climate Change Lawsuit Against Major Oil Producers and Their Trade Association

On September 15, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the filing of a 135-page complaint against major oil producers and their main trade association. The suit alleges generally that the defendants knew about the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Advertising Standards Authority Publishes Updated Guidance on Greenwashing Claims

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The ASA conveyed a sense of urgency, as it believes influencing consumer behaviour will be an important part of meeting UK net zero targets. On 23 June 2023, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Mitigating risks of greenwashing litigation

​​​​​​​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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

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Litigation and Enforcement Impact of the SEC's Proposed Rules on Climate-Related Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Proposed Rules on Climate-Related Disclosure, released March 21, 2022, represent a significant change in public company disclosure requirements and, if adopted, will have far-reaching...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Product Lines - Toxic Torts and Products Liability Insights: Issue 1, 2020

Welcome to our first Product Lines issue of 2020. Product Lines is our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely...more

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