On September 30, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-553 into law. SB-553 is the nation’s first workplace violence...
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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) issued a proposed rule updating process safety management (PSM) standards...
The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) recently published final rules for lenders on how they must publish data on environmental, social...
As we reported this past year, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) seeks to significantly amend the...
In response to President Biden’s Executive Order entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle...
After the Sixth Circuit was selected via a lottery in November to hear the consolidated challenges made against the recent OSHA emergency...
On October 21, 2021, we published an article called “Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement.” In the article, we...
Since President Joe Biden issued his “Path Out of the Pandemic” memorandum and Executive Order 14042 on September 9, 2021, employers have...
On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Strategic...
In an article by Casey J. Snyder, Associate at Reed Smith, published by the American Bar Association, we highlighted key U.S. climate...
A number of signs point to the fact that public companies should expect increased scrutiny on whether their environmental-related ESG...
As we reported, the California Legislature passed SB 1014 – the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program (the “Clean Miles Program”) –...
Many public companies are keeping a close watch on potential GHG regulations because the shape of these regulations can significantly...
On July 13, 2021, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board approved a rulemaking to establish a program to limit the CO2 emissions...
An example of a new trend towards recognizing “Environmental, Social and Governance” (“ESG”) impacts from business operations is the...
On Friday, June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Tenth Circuit Court decision that had vacated an Environmental Protection...