Bell Nunnally Partner R. Heath Cheek and Associate Mason G. Jones authored the Bloomberg Law article “Why Companies Should Watch Anti-ESG Litigation.” The piece explores a push-pull dynamic between companies implementing Environmental Social Governance (ESG) policies and state legislatures, such as Texas, pushing back on these provisions through so-called “anti-ESG” measures – regulations intended to shield potentially vulnerable industries from negative ESG disinvestment impacts. Cheek and Jones detail how in Texas they litigated one of the first ever disputes to arise out of anti-ESG efforts, explore how anti-ESG regulations work in practice and look at litigation risks a company with an ESG policy may face.
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