SEC Moves to Scrap Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Rule

SEC Moves to Scrap Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Rule

The rule would have mandated broad disclosures of climate-related information in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including board oversight of climate issues, internal carbon pricing and financial effects from severe weather events.       The rule...
Lawyer Padding and Bragging Creates Practical Problems

Lawyer Padding and Bragging Creates Practical Problems

A sampling of daily headlines is apparently driven by law firms eager to attract lateral partners, to recruit young lawyers, and to please current partners. One wag also recently described this public bragging as a “sedative to quiet troublesome partners. Does the...
Inside Taylor Wessing’s Break-Up Strategy

Inside Taylor Wessing’s Break-Up Strategy

“I can’t tell a client I’m charging more just because I did a U.S. merger. There’s no added value in it for them, said Oliver Bertram, Germany ‘s managing partner and global co-chair of Taylor Wessing.       “I can’t tell a client...