Practical Tips for ESG Reports

November 16, 2023
Elizabeth K. Lange (LAW ‘09), Elizabeth A. Diffley, and Sheremy R. Anderson of Faegre Drinker co-authored an article discussing practical tips for companies preparing ESG disclosures. In an era of heightened stakeholder interest and regulatory oversight, companies must be thoughtful in crafting ESG-related disclosures.

Corporate Transparency Act and Implications for Entity Formation and Transaction Structures

The 116th United States Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA). The CTA seeks to provide appropriate safeguards to identify bad actors engaged in terrorism, money laundering, sex trafficking and other heinous acts through “shell companies” that are not actually engaged in a bona fide business venture but instead are created for the principal purpose of shielding the owners from liability for engaging in illicit behavior and, in many cases, their identities.

SEC Adopts Modernized Framework for Fund Valuation Practices

On December 3, the SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Under Rule 2a-5, determining fair value in good faith with respect to what a fund will require: (1) the periodic assessment and management of material risks associated with the determination of the fair value of the fund’s investments,

Blowing the Whistle (Part 2): A Primer on the SEC’s Whistleblower Program

Second in a series of four primers on the key legal regimes incentivizing and protecting whistleblowers who report fraud: the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower programs.