On September 13, 2023, John Gardella will host an invitation-only luncheon discussion at the iGlobal Forum conference in Manhattan. The session, titled "From ESG to Es+G: Understanding Future Environmental Risks To ESG Rating and How To Integrate Future Risk...
In January 2022, we wrote regarding the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) intent to update its “Green Guides“, which “…set forth the Federal Trade Commission’s current views about environmental claims. The guides help marketers [and companies] avoid making...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Kathryn Hopkins, reporter for Women's Wear Daily (WWD), for her article that was published by Yahoo! Life regarding the recent trend of beauty industry companies being targeted for personal injury and consumer fraud...
Please join John Gardella on March 23, 2023 for the Boston Dealmakers Conference. John will participate on a panel discussion with three prominent executives on the topic entitled “SOLD! Ensuring Your Business Is Ready For Sale." John and the panel will discuss...
We previously wrote about the PFAS consumer fraud class action lawsuit filed against Coca-Cola in New York over one of the company's orange juice products. Now, in the last few days, two new lawsuits for different products types have been filed that allege similar...
Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing its findings with respect to PFAS and environmental justice community impacts. The GAO utilized data from six states (Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Vermont)...
The EPA recently indicated that it will ramp up its activity with respect to environmental justice enforcement initiatives using pre-pandemic tools such as on-site facility inspections. The EPA's focus on environmental justice reverse some Trump-era policies that...
On May 20, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld a Massachusetts state court decision to allow an ESG climate lawsuit to proceed against ExxonMobile (Exxon) by the Commonwealth's Attorney General. While the issue addressed by the state's Supreme Court was...
Last week, McDonald's scored a victory in a months long battle over the makeup of its Board of Directors that brought McDonald's environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices directly into the spotlight. At issue was McDonald's alleged mistreatment of pigs in...
On the heels of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ESG Task Force settlement order of $1.5 million with BNY Mellon Investment Advisor, Inc., the SEC on May 25, 2022, approved two significant proposals that would increase the disclosure requirements for funds and...