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Oct 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Brian McCabe |James McGinnis |George Raine |Amy Roy

RG Ropes & Gray LLP More Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm with approximately 1,400 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology and government. The firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.

Oct 23, 2024 | lexology.com | Brian McCabe |James McGinnis |George Raine |Amy Roy

A recent Viewpoints article discussed the disbanding of the Climate and ESG Task Force (the “ESG Task Force”) in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s") Division of Enforcement, which had formed in early 2021 under then-Acting Chair Allison Lee and continued under Chair Gary Gensler.

Sep 25, 2024 | mondaq.com | James McGinnis |George Raine |Amy Roy

RG Ropes & Gray LLP More Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm with approximately 1,400 lawyers and legal professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology and government. The firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul.

Sep 24, 2024 | lexology.com | James McGinnis |George Raine |Amy Roy

News sources recently reported that the SEC has quietly disbanded its Climate and ESG Task Force for in its Division of Enforcement (the “ESG Task Force”), which had formed in early 2021 under then-Acting Chair Allison Lee and continued under Chair Gary Gensler. We have received questions from clients regarding what, if anything, this development may mean for asset managers.

May 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Brian McCabe |James McGinnis |George Raine

On May 13, twenty-one Democratic Members of Congress, including Members of the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Banking Committee, wrote a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler regarding its outstanding proposal to enhance ESG disclosures by funds and advisers (the “Fund/Adviser ESG Rules”).