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Oct 18, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Rebecca Baker |Matthew Dobbins |Briana Falcon
The first half of 2024 was eventful in the world of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”). Although ESG continued to lose the market tailwinds that have pushed it forward in recent years, regulatory pressures both domestically and internationally have continued to forge ahead.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |George Hopkins |Kelly Rondinelli
On August 14, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) released a redacted copy of its opinion in Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. LLC v.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alan Alexander |Matthew Dobbins |Niels Jensen
In a potentially significant development that may impact the economics of aviation, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) is proposing a policy, as we previewed in January 2024, to update the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (“LCFS”) program, whereby CARB would eliminate the existing exemption for intrastate fossil jet fuel from LCFS regulations beginning in 2028.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |Sarah Morgan |Kelly Rondinelli
In the June 10, 2024 amended complaint, Attorney General Bonta introduced a novel – and potentially significant – weapon to his litigation arsenal. The amended complaint brings into play one of the remedies afforded by newly enacted California law AB 1366 (Unfair competition and false advertising: disgorgement),1 which offers the ability of the Attorney General to seek disgorgement of profits from companies found to have committed violations of consumer protection laws.
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Jun 21, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |Sarah Morgan |Kelly Rondinelli
In the June 10, 2024 amended complaint, Attorney General Bonta introduced a novel – and potentially significant – weapon to his litigation arsenal. The amended complaint brings into play one of the remedies afforded by newly enacted California law AB 1366 (Unfair competition and false advertising: disgorgement),1 which offers the ability of the Attorney General to seek disgorgement of profits from companies found to have committed violations of consumer protection laws.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |Eric Groten |Aaron M Silberman
June 21, 2024 Matthew Dobbins, Eric Groten, Aaron Silberman, Corinne Snow, Patrick Traylor, Brandon Tuck, Ryan Vanderlip, Michael Wigmore Vinson & Elkins LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard (“DSL”) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).1 The change in the DSL listing status, which...
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May 2, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Corinne V. Snow |Thomas Aird |Matthew Dobbins |George Hopkins
New and additional bonding requirements for certain companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) will take effect in June as a result of a recent rulemaking. These new requirements will be phased in over a three-year period for subject companies. For companies subject to this requirement and that must provide the additional financial assurance, the total amounts that are required to be posted could increase by as much as $6.9 billion.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | James Dawson |Matthew Dobbins |Markeya Brown
After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—mandating climate-related disclosures by public companies. The Final Rule comes almost two years after the SEC first released its proposed rule and follows the submission of over 24,000 comment letters on many of the proposed rule’s requirements.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |Sarah Morgan |Kelly Rondinelli
Following a nearly two-year wait, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—on March 6, 2024.
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Mar 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Matthew Dobbins |Sarah Morgan |Kelly Rondinelli
Following a nearly two-year wait, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—on March 6, 2024.
