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ESG and Sustainability: DEI-Related Litigation Toolkit
Practical Law Toolkit w-041-2271 (Approx. 6 pages)
ESG and Sustainability: DEI-Related Litigation Toolkit
by Practical Law Litigation
| Maintained • USA (National/Federal) |
A Toolkit collecting resources on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability litigation, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related suits that litigants commonly pursue to address DEI company policies, practices, and disclosures. This Toolkit includes resources that are relevant to DEI-related actions, arising in the contexts of securities litigation, shareholder derivative suits, and state law claims.
Litigation about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics include numerous causes of actions and legal areas that litigants use to challenge or defend companies' ESG policies, practices, and disclosures.
This Toolkit collects resources useful in addressing suits over companies' diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and corporate sexual harassment policies and practices. These suits are commonly brought as direct and derivative shareholder suits arising under:
- Securities laws.
- State law claims, such as breach of fiduciary duty.
For resources counsel may use to address other ESG-related litigation topics, see:
For an overview of the current and developing landscape of ESG-related litigation and regulatory enforcement actions in general, see Article, Expert Q&A: Trends in ESG Litigation and Enforcement.