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Nov 29, 2023 French Bill acknowledging discriminatory criminal laws sheds light on whether past convictions of LGBTQI+ persons could be a crime against humanity By Nicolas Walker The French Senate has adopted a Private Member’s Bill (proposition de loi) that recognises the discrimination towards individuals...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Extension of EU ETS to Shipping By Antonia Panayides Co-authored with Grace Durnall The EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) has been extended to cover the maritime sector from 2024. The...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - China to restart its certified emission reduction program soon By Katherine Yang On 19 October 2023, the PRC Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), issued...
Nov 29, 2023 New Mandatory Initial Disclosures and Increased Discovery Sanctions in California State Court cases By Grady Glover A new California law effective on January 1, 2024, SB235, modifies Cal Code Civ Proc §§ 2016.090 and 2023.050 creating new, mandatory...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - the UK and CBAM By Julie Vaughan The UK is reported to be on the verge of introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) that would apply a carbon price to...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Balancing Carbon Costs: the interplay between CBAM, EU ETS, and the UK ETS By Julie Vaughan Michaela Hanzelova Recent changes to the UK emissions trading system (ETS) diverge from the EU ETS, but what are the implications? Long-term Impact While EU...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious – The Biden Administration and Clean Energy By Casey Snyder Jennifer Smokelin On August 16, 2022, the Biden administration enacted the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a key piece of legislation that seeks to spur the...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - A Brief Overview of the 2022 ISDA Voluntary Carbon Credit Definitions By Tariq Rasheed The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) has been active in the voluntary carbon credit industry. ISDA helped...
Nov 29, 2023 The UK Online Safety Act - Keeping you informed here By Aselle Ibraimova The recent adoption of the UK Online Safety Act on 26 October 2023 was hailed as an achievement for improving safety online for users in...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Raising finance secured by carbon credits By Omar Al-Ali Miriam Bandera Co-authored with Paddy Sutton With the intensification of carbon-control efforts all over the world, there has been a growing focus on...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration By Ryan Haddad Yves Melin Please find below a link to an insightful podcast in which Pittsburgh-based energy transactions lawyer Ryan Haddad and Brussels-based...
Nov 29, 2023 Carbon Conscious - US Places Enforcement Spotlight on Voluntary Carbon Derivatives Markets By Jon Ammons Introduction In June of this year, the CFTC announced a new Environmental Fraud Task Force in its Division of Enforcement, and also...
Nov 28, 2023 Carbon Conscious - The case for standardisation of documents in voluntary carbon markets By Brett Hillis Co-authored by Chris Borg. The past year or so has seen the gradual emergence of standard documentation for the trading of credits in...
Nov 28, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Scaling voluntary carbon markets: Lessons from the ‘stolen’ EU allowances scandal By Brett Hillis “High-integrity carbon credits can unlock urgently needed finance to reduce and remove billions of tonnes of emissions,” the Integrity...
Nov 28, 2023 Carbon Conscious - Carbon Markets Explained By Simone Goligorsky Brett Hillis Carbon markets play an important role in ensuring that states and companies deliver on their climate ambitions. The need to finance...
Nov 28, 2023 Unpacking DOJ's Theory of Per-Se Price Fixing for "Recommended Price" Algorithms By Christopher Brennan As early iterations of AI-powered tools enter the workplace, only time will tell how these technologies reshape business operations and...