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  1. March 21, 2024

    DOL Urges 5th Circ. To Back Biden Admin. ESG Investing Rule

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to uphold a rule allowing retirement advisers to consider social issues such as climate change when choosing investments, arguing that conservative states challenging the rule haven't shown it defies federal benefits law.

  2. January 26, 2024

    Small-Biz Group Tells 5th Circ. ESG Rule Hurts Businesses

    A small-business group and a conservative think tank pressed the Fifth Circuit to reverse the U.S. Department of Labor's win in a suit challenging a rule that allows retirement advisers to consider issues such as climate change when choosing investments, saying the regulations are too burdensome on small businesses.

  3. January 01, 2024

    5 Employee Benefits Cases To Watch In 2024

    Employees will seek to revive their suit claiming Yale University mismanaged its $5.5 billion retirement plan, Republican attorneys general will try to sink Labor Department regulations on socially conscious investing, and a food services company will look to force a suit over a healthcare surcharge for nicotine users into arbitration. Here are five cases benefits attorneys should watch in 2024.

  4. January 01, 2024

    The Legal Battles Over ESG And DEI To Watch In 2024

    In 2024, courts across the U.S. are likely to weigh in on some of the most politically charged legal battles over corporate and regulatory efforts to prioritize environmental, social and governance initiatives, with the future of corporate diversity policies, anti-pollution efforts and corporate greenwashing hanging in the balance.

  5. November 06, 2023

    ESG Practices Take Hits, But Aren't Going Anywhere

    After more than a year of being buffeted by anti-ESG rhetoric and actions by red state attorneys general and lawmakers, investment managers and companies have quieted their crowing about environmental, social and governance practices but have not abandoned them.