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Lawyers on the Front Lines: Identifying Risk and Managing Internal Investigations

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.06.17

In-House lawyers often confront crises; however the focus is growing more intense on the actions of in-house lawyers and their responsibilities including gate-keepers to prevent, identify and respond to such crises. Recognizing this trend and providing questions every in-house counsel should consider as they examine their company’s readiness for the unexpected, Crowell & Moring partner Lorraine Campos co-published an article entitled “Lawyers on the Front Lines: Identifying Risk and Managing Internal Investigations”, which may be accessed here.

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Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.10.25

FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Mandatory Climate Disclosures for Federal Contractor Rule

Mandatory climate disclosures for US federal contractors are officially off the table—at least, for the foreseeable future.  On January 10, 2025, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that they are withdrawing a proposed rule, “Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk,” which would have required thousands of federal contractors to inventory and publicly disclose their Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and would also have required  “major” contractors to also establish and validate GHG emission-reduction targets tailored to the goals of the Paris Agreement.  The proposed rule, discussed in further detail here, was introduced in November 2022 and resulted in thousands of public comments from the government contractor community and beyond. ...