Worldwide: Climate Change

In August 2025, a federal judge in California refused to halt the implementation of California's climate disclosure laws, which impose several reporting deadlines...

Antitrust authorities in the U.S. and abroad are intensifying their scrutiny of collaborative activities surrounding environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a series of regulations – both proposed and final – to implement the 2019 New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act...

A Court of Appeal held that a provision in the County of Amador's checklist for an encroachment permit requiring "[o]ther information as may be required" violated the Permit Streamlining Act. Old Golden Oaks LLC v. County of Amador, 111 Cal.App.5th 794 (2025)...

Increasingly ambitious climate goals in New York State and New York City, along with a proliferation of incentives from the local to federal levels in recent years, have jumpstarted investment in and development of electric vehicle...

The plaintiffs filed their case against SB 253 and SB 261 in the District Court on January 30, 2024.

On July 28, 2025, the Republican Attorney-General of Florida announced that his office had "issued subpoenas to investigate whether the CDP and the Science Based Targets Initiative violated state consumer protection or antitrust law."

The International Court of Justice ("ICJ") stated that States have legal obligations to regulate emissions and may be held internationally responsible for climate inaction—including the failure to effectively regulate...

If your company must make a climate-related financial disclosure report, ask your sustainability team if they are preparing a report that is specific to the entity or entities covered by the law or if they expect to use one prepared for the enterprise as a whole.