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Board oversight of CSR & the role of the CSR committee

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2013

Shareholders increasingly expect boards of directors to exercise greater oversight over the social and environmental impacts of corporate activities

ASTM releases E2718-10: standard guide for financial disclosures attributed to climate change

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2010

In February 2010, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its Interpretive Release on Climate Change Disclosure

Recovery of “voluntary” cleanup costs will the Supreme Court provide an answer?

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2007

In a decision important for anyone facing the remediation of contaminated property, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently joined the Second and Eighth Circuits in holding that a company that “voluntarily” performs a cleanup may recover some or all of its costs under Section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA,” often known as “Superfund”), even though it may itself be a liable party under CERCLA

SEC warms to climate change

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted in a 3-2 vote interpretive guidance (the "Interpretive Guidance") related to public company disclosure standards in connection with climate change

JOBS Act implications for private equity

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

The recently enacted Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the “JOBS Act,” will change the way private funds solicit and secure subscription commitments from investors and raise capital for portfolio companies by permitting general solicitation and general advertising in Regulation D private placements (offerings to accredited investors) and in Rule 144A offerings (offerings to qualified institutional buyers

2010 Minnesota legislative summary

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 27 2010

Liquor stores may offer tastings of beer and spirits in addition to wine under amendments to Minn. Stat. 340A.419

Fools rush in: social and environmental due diligence in Burma

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2012

Following the success of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (“NLD”) party at the polls and today's announcement that the United States will soon lift some of its sanctions against Burma, companies are closely scrutinizing the possibility of conducting business in the long-isolated country

2011 Minnesota legislative summary

  • Larkin Hoffman
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2011

Several changes have been made to Minnesota’s alcohol licensing laws

SEC guidance on climate change disclosures emphasizes need for early warnings

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2010

The SEC recently issued an interpretive release providing guidance on the application of its disclosure requirements to climate change matters

The 2012 IFC performance standard on indigenous peoples: what's the fuss?

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 9 2012

The new IFC Environmental and Social Performance Standards -- in particular, Performance Standard 7 on indigenous peoples -- present a range of management and operational challenges for certain companies

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