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Hogan Lovells: Heading towards ESG class actions in the EU?
July 11, 2022
Hogan Lovells writes on the European Union, after more that 20 years of developing collective redress mechanisms to address mass claims situations, adopt a directive harmonizing a set of rules which may encourage the rise of ESG litigation.
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Saint-Simon’s Technocratic Internationalism a Model for todays’ ESG Movement?
July 06, 2022
The global economic governance ambitions of today’s ESG movement are comparable to the early 19th century technocratic-internationalist ambitions of utopian socialist Henri de Saint-Simon and the Saint-Simonian political, religious, and social movement
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EU Lawmakers Set Board Diversity Requirements
June 28, 2022
The Council and European Parliament have announced an agreement on a new law that sets targets for EU companies to create gender balance on corporate boards, increasing representation of women on boards, targeting 40% of non-executive director positions, and 33% of all board positions, by 2026.
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Meta Platforms, Walt Disney Co and U.S. Companies will Cover Employees’ Abortion if Travel is Required
June 28, 2022
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the 1973 ruling of Roe v Wade which gave women a constitutional right to an abortion, U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc have announced that they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services.
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Two Dozen AGs Challenge SEC Climate Rule
June 22, 2022
Two dozen state attorneys general have written a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) secretary demanding that the agency not finalize a Biden rule taking a "maximally aggressive regulatory approach" by forcing public companies to publish extensive climate-related disclosures on the grounds that "Regulatory agencies of the federal government must never become political action committees. »
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