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SEC Alleges BNY Mellon made ESG Misstatements and Omissions
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-25T06:49:08-04:00Saturday, June 25th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BNY Mellon, environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, SEC, Stuart Kaplow|
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. with misstatements and omissions about ESG considerations for certain mutual funds that it managed. To settle the charges, on May 23, 2022, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty. The SEC’s ...
SEC Proposes Two Rules as Cairns to Prevent Misleading ESG Claims
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-09T21:13:52-04:00Sunday, June 19th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, SEC, Stuart Kaplow|
On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the public comment periods, for 14 days from the day the notice is published in the Federal Register, for 11 of its rulemaking releases, some of them viewed as controversial including the rules discussed ...
Rooney Rule Revised Provides ESG Opportunity
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-20T18:21:29-04:00Saturday, April 2nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, Rooney Rule, SEC, Stuart Kaplow|
Last Monday the NFL announced at the owners meeting that it had approved adjustments to the Rooney Rule, first adopted in 2003, “to enhance opportunities for people of color and women for nearly all league and team jobs.” As companies, most that are far afield ...
Ukraine is Now a Real ESG Issue
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-03-05T20:33:50-05:00Saturday, March 5th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, MSCI, Stuart Kaplow|
While there has been near universal condemnation of the war against Ukraine by Russia, and our empathy is unequivocally with the people of Ukraine, this invasion of a sovereign nation, something that echoes the darkest days in European history, today presents an issue of ESG. ...
The UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western World
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-13T17:19:05-05:00Sunday, February 13th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social and governance, environmental social governance, ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, mandatory esg, next zero, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
As we in the U.S. await action by the federal government on mandatory ESG laws, the United Kingdom has become the first European Union country to enact mandatory ESG disclosure laws. These new reporting requirements are of import beyond the shores of Great Britain in ...