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Following up on our recent post analyzing Texas’s new proxy advisor disclosure statute, S.B. 2337, we note a significant development: On August 29, 2025, Judge Alan Albright of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily preventing the Texas Attorney General from enforcing the law against major proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis).Continue Reading Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

Texas has enacted S.B. 2337, a statute set to reshape proxy advisory practices for publicly traded companies that are either organized in Texas, have their principal place of business in the state or have proposed becoming a domestic entity within Texas.Continue Reading Texas’s New Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law: Key Details for Shareholders and Companies Ahead of September 2025

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (CSRD) is part of the European Union’s efforts to enhance the scope and quality of sustainability reporting among companies. It imposes sustainability reporting obligations on an increased number of EU and non-EU companies. While some companies will have to file their reports as early 2025, most companies will have until 2026 to report on the financial year of 2025.Continue Reading Sustainability Reporting Obligations for EU and Non-EU Companies: The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

On March 30, 2022 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced its 2022 examination priorities. Among the “significant focus areas” is Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) investing. SEC examiners will be scrutinizing disclosures by registered investment advisors (“RIA”) that advertise ESG strategies or claim to incorporate certain ESG criteria, to ensure disclosures regarding portfolio management practices do not involve materially false and misleading statements or omissions.
Continue Reading SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities, Includes ESG

Environmental, social, and governance factors (“ESG”) have pushed to the forefront of the SEC’s attention in recent years.  In September, building on prior guidance, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released a sample comment letter that requests additional information from companies related to climate change.  The letter does not create new substantive law, but it illustrates the SEC’s increased interest in ESG and climate-related disclosures under the Biden Administration.
Continue Reading SEC Publishes Sample Letter to Companies on Environmental Disclosures