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Partner Leah Malone was quoted in an article titled, “GOP Governors Push Anti-ESG Goals With Mixed Legislative Success,” which was published by Bloomberg Law and analyzed the various pathways and successes of state level ESG legislation. Leah explained that there are currently more anti-ESG bills than pro-ESG proposals moving through legislatures, but that, in some states, scaled-back anti-ESG bills may be “more likely to win the day” compared to broader or more stringent approaches. When explaining the global impact of ESG regulation at the state level, Leah noted that, while multinational companies are used to balancing different laws and standards around the world, ESG regulation “poses an interesting problem of bifurcating approaches” between the U.S. and much of the rest of the world, which is moving toward more ESG disclosures and heightened requirements.

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