As New York’s fifth Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) solicitation enters its final stages, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) on December 18, 2024, to solicit feedback concerning its next solicitation, which has been dubbed “NY6”.
Mandatory ESG reporting, new AI tools for ESG data management, and rising litigation risk are just some of the hot topics this year.
By Paul A. Davies and Betty M. Huber
Through the course of 2024, the development of the ESG and sustainability landscape was dynamic. We anticipate that this dynamism will intensify in 2025,
Seyfarth Synopsis: Ongoing wildfires in Southern California trigger Cal/OSHA regulations that require employers to train and protect employees from wildfire smoke. The regulation applies to most outdoor workplaces, requiring employers to provide N95 respirators at certain AQI trigger levels, effective communication, and training on wildfire smoke hazards.
Devastating and fast-moving wildfires have destroyed thousands
On October 21st, the Second District Court of Appeal published a decision in Santa Clarita Organization etc. v. County of Los Angeles (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th 1143 that addresses the question of whether a CEQA challenge to an approval of a vesting tentative tract map for a subdivision is subject to the summons requirement under the
Agribusiness: Fifth Circuit Reinstates Corporate Transparency Act Injunction After Brief Reversal, Government Files Petition for Certiorari
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating its December 23 stay of the district court’s preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its Beneficial Ownership Information reporting
On December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order vacating its December 23 stay of the district court’s preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the act’s Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements, reinstating the pause on the January 1, 2025 compliance deadline for entity owners
On December 10, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued an opinion and order preliminarily enjoining the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons in a challenge brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the District of Columbia, and eight states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wyoming. Federal
On November 19, 2024, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District I (Milwaukee) issued a decision reversing and lifting the injunction issued by the lower circuit court’s order, which had found the state’s retail food establishment laws unconstitutional as applied to sellers of “unbaked, not potentially hazardous, homemade foods” “such as chocolates, fudges, fried
Act 2 has been on the books since 1995. UECA was adopted in Pennsylvania at the end of 2007. More than a few UECA covenants have been recorded as parts of Act 2 cleanups. Nevertheless, research has not revealed any decision of any Pennsylvania state or federal court or of the Environmental Hearing Board deciding
A pair of recent decisions from the US Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals signals a trend by the judiciary to closely scrutinize agency rulings where, in the past, courts have traditionally maintained a laissez-faire approach.
In Ohio v. EPA, the Supreme Court ruled that an agency action qualifies as arbitrary