Experts: Legal noise around SEC climate disclosure rule no excuse for standing still
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Aaron Nicodemus2024-03-20T16:03:00
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.”
Almost immediately after the SEC passed the rule by a 3-2 vote on March 6, the blowback began. A total of 22 state attorneys general filed lawsuits in three federal courts, according to a report from Bloomberg Law, while business interest groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce also filed a lawsuit.
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