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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), various federal agencies, and Congress are all actively investigating recipients of federal funding for alleged waste, fraud and abuse—with a keen focus on recipients of hundreds of billions of dollars in grants, loans, and other funding through the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Our experienced panel will discuss the potential legal and political exposure arising from those investigations, and how to mitigate that risk by establishing best practices for responding to agency and congressional investigations.

Learn how sustainability cooperation is assessed under antitrust laws in the US, EU and the UK, including...

This presentation will provide an overview of recent AG ESG enforcement activity, enforcement trends, and explain how and why AG ESG priorities are important to business of all types. 

This webinar will provide an overview of key ESG, sustainability, and social responsibility issues and explain their relevance to your legal practice. Join us for a session that will give you an overview of key regulatory and litigation trends, and explain how they relate to the work that you do to support your business partners. 

Coming off of the hottest year on record, policymaking and enforcement are becoming increasingly important in our country’s ongoing quest to balance environmental protection with consumer and industry interests. The infrastructure legislation and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are both seen as major steps forward for U.S. federal climate law and our efforts to reduce emissions. On the heels of those bills have been a series of pieces of guidance – related both to the implementation of those bills as well as agency guidance, including the SEC’s finalized climate disclosure rule.

Join the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) for the new "ESG and Sustainability Roundtable SEERies," where hot topics related to environmental, social, governance, and sustainability developments in the U.S. and beyond will be discussed. Each session will cover a key topic or development in this space and provide attendees with the chance to hear and learn from practitioners and experts across different sectors, industries, and jurisdictions. These events will also include breakout sessions, featuring in-house-only breakouts that give attendees opportunities to discuss and collaborate with their counterparts in other organizations under the Chatham House Rule.