There seems to be a development in the litigation filed over the SEC’s new climate rules every few days. So we’ve spared you the daily update. But it seems to be worth blogging once that there is such a thing happening just so you have one more thing to feel like you’re missing out on.
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The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(b)’s Material Impacts on Strategy, Business Model and Outlook
This is the second in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules (here’s the first blog).
We’re starting with Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 853 through 856 of the SEC’s adopting release. This is the section of the…
Federal Lawsuit Over SEC’s Climate Rules Consolidated in the 8th Circuit
Following up on this blog about the SEC’s new climate rules being temporarily stayed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday, a venue has now been selected via lottery by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation – and the outstanding federal cases have been consolidated for the Eighth Circuit to decide the…
The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(a)’s Climate-Related Risks
This is the first in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules.
We’re starting with Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 853 through 856 of the SEC’s adopting release. This is the section of the new rules that requires discussion…
Why I Like Securities Law (Gasp)
I didn’t start my legal career knowing I was going to be a securities lawyer. I didn’t even take “Securities Regulation” in law school. I thought I was going to be a prosecutor. Thankfully, my first firm had a policy of bringing in first-year associates unassigned so we could try out different practice areas.
After…
The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules: Scope 3 Is Out—But What Is In?
Here is our lengthy Client Update on the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules. It includes some great graphics so you can understand the rules at a glance. Check it out!
Yep, the SEC’s Climate Rules Are Already (Temporarily) Stayed
On Friday, a three judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion seeking an administrative stay of the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules filed by two fracking companies. Here are four things to know:
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The SEC’s Climate Rules: Impact on IPO Prospectuses – 6 Things to Know
Let’s examine how the SEC’s new climate rules will impact the drafting of IPO prospectuses. Here are six things to know:
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The SEC’s Final Climate Rules: Eight Items That Changed From the Proposal
Understanding that many of you don’t have time during a busy proxy season to read the 886 pages of the SEC’s climate adopting release – but yet you’re fielding questions from colleagues about what’s in the new rules – here are some notable items that the SEC changed from the proposed rules:
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Three Lawsuits Filed Against the SEC’s New Climate Rules (And Counting)
In Friday’s blog, Allison Handy and Andrew Moore gave us five superb insights into “top of mind” topics about the SEC’s new climate rules that people are talking about. The first item was about how a coalition of 10 Republican-led states announced the filing of a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for…