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SEC Approves Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Rule: Key Takeaways
March 14, 2024 | Advisory | By Jacob Hupart, Jennifer Rubin, Doug Baumstein, Thomas R. Burton, III, Sahir Surmeli, Will G. McKitterick
ESG Political Partisanship: Guidance for In House Counsel
February 7, 2024 | Podcast | By Jennifer Rubin, Alexander Hecht, Nicole Rivers
ESG is today’s political football. As Americans take sides and root for their home teams, companies find themselves at the crux of a battlefield that pitches corporate values, strategy, and reputation against a shifting and dynamic legal and political landscape. This informative panel discussed practical strategies in-house counsel may employ to tackle ESG-related challenges.
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Preparation for 2023 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2024 Annual Shareholder Meetings
December 15, 2023 | Advisory | By John Condon, Anne Bruno, Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Jacob Hupart, Cynthia Larose, Breton Leone-Quick, Page R. Hubben, Ellen Shapiro
Public companies need to consider regulatory, legal, market, and ESG-related developments in preparing for their fiscal year-end filings with the SEC and their annual shareholder meetings. In an in-depth memorandum, Mintz attorneys discuss the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure rule, recent trends in reverse stock splits, and the SEC’s disclosure requirements for Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and insider trading policies, and other emerging issues affecting public companies.
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Nasdaq’s “Show and Tell” Diversity Disclosure Survives Initial Challenge
October 23, 2023 | Blog | By Jennifer Rubin, Evan Piercey, Danielle Dillon
New ESG Requirements for Banks that Hold Public Funds May Raise Challenging Compliance Issues
June 29, 2023 | Blog | By Keith Kollmeyer, Jacob Hupart, Ellen Shapiro
A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures
June 8, 2023 | Advisory | By Jacob Hupart, Doug Baumstein, Thomas R. Burton, III, John Condon, Will G. McKitterick, Jaidyn M. Jackson, Tucker Kelsch
From July 2021 through March 2023, the SEC sent reporting entities more than 100 letters seeking information on climate change topics and nearly 170 letters concerning greenwashing. In an in-depth analysis, Mintz attorneys identify and analyze the frequency of various categories of questions as well as the industries and characteristics of the businesses targeted.
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Texas Legislators Propose Onerous Permitting Requirements for Wind and Solar Renewable Energy Facilities
May 15, 2023 | Alert | By Areta Jez, Xandy Walsh
Navigating Fiduciary Duties amidst the Rise of Anti-ESG Rulemaking
February 15, 2023 | Blog | By Doug Baumstein, Jacob Hupart, Will G. McKitterick, Ellen Shapiro
Caremark Liability Following the SEC’s New ESG Reporting Requirements
December 16, 2022 | Blog | By Jacob Hupart, Doug Baumstein, Jonathan L. Kravetz, Ellen Shapiro, Will G. McKitterick
Is Antitrust ESG's Achilles Heel ? House Republicans Think So.
December 13, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Jacob Hupart, Tinny Song, Payton Thornton
Preparation for 2022 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2023 Annual Shareholder Meetings
December 7, 2022 | Advisory | By John Condon, Anne Bruno, Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Jacob Hupart, Cynthia Larose, Breton Leone-Quick, Page R. Hubben
From the Edge - In the Boardroom: Session 6 - Crises in the Boardroom
December 7, 2022 | Podcast | By Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Stephen Osborn, Jason Vigna
In our sixth session, the team is joined by Jason Vigna, a Member in our Securities Litigation Practice, to discuss best practices for handling crises in the boardroom — including identifying, documenting, discussing, managing, and disclosing material risks.
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ERISA Fiduciaries May Consider ESG Factors in Selecting Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights
November 30, 2022 | Alert | By Jacob Hupart, Michelle Capezza, Thomas R. Burton, III, Megan Gates
From the Edge - In the Boardroom: Session 5 - Employment Law
November 16, 2022 | Podcast | By Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Stephen Osborn, Jennifer Rubin
In our fifth session, which focuses on employment law, the team is joined by Jen Rubin, a bicoastal Member in our Employment, Labor & Benefits Practice and Chair of our ESG Practice, to discuss best practices related to hiring an executive (hint: consensus is key), managing the executive at the board level, and how to (amicably) negotiate to terminate an executive.
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Carbon Credit and Carbon Offset Fundamentals
October 20, 2022 | Article | By Areta Jez, Ayaz Shaikh
As the need to reduce the global emissions of greenhouse gases has grown more urgent over the last quarter century, key stakeholders across the globe have sought to forge effective paths to make a measurable difference in the health of the planet. This article provides a broad overview of, and key distinctions between, carbon credits and carbon offsets. It also takes a look at the establishment and evolution of carbon markets, and a summary of the opportunities and risks they present.
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ESG Considerations in M&A Transactions
October 14, 2022 | Advisory | By Francesca A. McGuire, Thomas R. Burton, III
From the Edge - In the Boardroom: Session 4 - ESG in the Boardroom
September 28, 2022 | Podcast | By Thomas Burton, Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Stephen Osborn
In our fourth session, “ESG in the Boardroom,” the team is joined by Kristyn Noeth, Of Counsel at Mintz, to discuss best practices related to and practical implementation of ESG concepts, as well as the impending Climate Disclosure Rule.
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From the Edge - In the Boardroom: Session 2 - Running an Effective Board Meeting
September 14, 2022 | Podcast | By Thomas Burton, Melanie Ruthrauff Levy, Stephen Osborn
In our second session, “Running an Effective Board Meeting,” the team discusses key considerations for public and private companies in this critical area of governance.
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