Legal experts are advising their public company clients to move forward with plans to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate-related disclosure rule, despite lawsuits and other challenges being brought against the controversial policy in the aftermath of its approval.

“We think it’s a better approach to prepare for the rule to take effect,” said Megan Gates, partner at law firm Covington. “It’s not a great approach to wait and see, if that means not doing anything.”

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...