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Since the law that prohibits state and local government entities from doing business with firms deemed to be hostile to the Texas oil and gas sectors and to the firearms industry took effect, such ...
"The law violates the First Amendment by barring companies from competing for state investments or contracting with the state whenever Texas believes those companies espouse a disfavored viewpoint ...
Ultimately, this anti-ESG law has created a classic case of unintended consequences. Policymakers in Oklahoma may have believed they were shielding the state's energy industry, but in reality ...
Legal experts say the judge’s decision, while specific to Oklahoma law, may illustrate legal vulnerabilities of other “anti-boycott” laws passed by Republicans in other states. Robert ...
Passing restrictive laws at the federal or state level, instructing these administrators to avoid certain industries or banks perceived to be too “woke” or not “woke” enough, could put ...
In 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative commissioned a report from the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the interpretation of the law with respect to investors and ESG issues. The Freshfields report concluded that not only was it permissible for investment companies to integrate ESG issues ...
An anti-ESG law that Texas passed in 2021 prompted five of the largest bond underwriters nationwide to stop doing business in the state, according to a nonpartisan report from the Brookings ...
Twenty-nine Jim Crow laws were passed in Texas. The state enacted one anti-segregation law in 1871 barring separation of the races on public carriers. This law was repealed in 1889. 1865: Juneteenth [Constitution] The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are ...