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You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

Green Building Law Update

In an effort to mitigate risk you should not contract directly with an environmental consultant, but rather your attorney should contract with that consultant. What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., And it may be much more than that.

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A Sea Change in SEC Climate Change Disclosure

Green Building Law Update

I am pleased to be speaking on “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” at the Maryland State Bar Association 2021 Legal Excellence Week, Corporate Council Institute on November 16, 2021. You can register to attend in person or online. yes, this blog will continue).

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Gleaning the Direction of ESG Regulation

Green Building Law Update

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. It is one of various sources of good information in the ESG space. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (.

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England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Decisions: November 2023

Construction Law

Supplied by BAILII, The British and Irish Legal Information Institute. Decisions of the Technology and Construction Court of the English and Wales High Court for November 2023. Click on the case title to read the full decision on the BAILII website.

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You can Participate in our Survey of ESG Activity in the Marketplace

Green Building Law Update

ESG is such a new space that there are few authoritative sources of information, including that with no scholarly treatises and few if any peer reviewed published papers, blogs like this one are the best source of reliable information. Does your company engage outside consultants for compliance with ESG matters?

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SEC Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules on ESG Related Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

Specifically, the SEC extended the comment period for a release proposing amendments to its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would require companies to provide certain ESG information in their registration statements and annual reports. The new comment period will end on June 17, 2022.

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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

Many investors rely on ESG disclosures like those contained in Vale’s annual Sustainability Reports and other public filings to make informed investment decisions,” said Gurbir S. More information about the Task Force can be found here. Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. “By yes, this blog will continue).

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