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The New Greenwashing Battlefield: Litigation, Enforcement, and Compliance Risks for Financial Services

Comprehensive overview of greenwashing regulations, enforcement trends, and litigation risks facing financial services companies navigating ESG compliance challenges.
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2025-09-23 13:00:00

Robin Hulshizer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer K. Roy

Latham & Watkins LLP

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2025-09-23 13:00:00

2025-09-23 13:00:00

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2025-09-23 13:00:00

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Robin Hulshizer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer K. Roy

Latham & Watkins LLP

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Program Details

2025-09-23 13:00:00

Program Details

2025-09-23 13:00:00

Over 1,000+ webinars

2025-09-23 13:00:00

Course Overview

Navigating Greenwashing Compliance and Litigation Risks

2025-09-23 13:00:00

Participants will learn to identify greenwashing risks across regulatory frameworks and litigation trends. This knowledge enables effective client counseling on ESG disclosures and environmental marketing claims.

Format

CLE Credit

2h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

2

Key topics that will be covered

01
Regulatory Frameworks
Overview of FTC, SEC, state, and international greenwashing regulations and enforcement.
02
Green Guides
FTC guidance on environmental marketing claims and substantiation requirements.
03
Litigation Trends
Consumer class actions and NGO-driven lawsuits targeting environmental marketing claims.
04
Carbon Credits
Growing concerns about carbon offset quality and climate pledge substantiation.
05
ESG Backlash
Antitrust scrutiny of industry sustainability initiatives and anti-ESG legislation.
06
International Standards
UK and EU directives addressing sustainability disclosures and green claims.

Program schedule

clock 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Understanding Greenwashing: Definitions, Scope, and Legal Implications

This session explores what greenwashing means, from the ‘seven sins of greenwashing’ to why legal professionals must understand this growing phenomenon. Participants will learn how greenwashing manifests in corporate communications and why ESG-related allegations have surged across the financial services industry.

Robin HulshizerRobin Hulshizer
Jennifer K. RoyJennifer K. Roy
clock 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm EST

Regulatory Frameworks Governing ESG and Greenwashing Compliance

A comprehensive examination of the multi-layered regulatory landscape including FTC Green Guides, SEC enforcement trends, state-level laws like California’s environmental marketing statutes, and international frameworks from the UK and EU. This session addresses how financial institutions can navigate compliance in a world of global markets without global standards.

Robin HulshizerRobin Hulshizer
Jennifer K. RoyJennifer K. Roy
clock 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm EST

Greenwashing Litigation Trends and Emerging Legal Claims

This session analyzes the surge in greenwashing litigation driven by class action attorneys, NGOs, and state attorneys general, covering industries from household products to energy companies. Participants will examine sustainability-linked bond disputes, carbon credit challenges, the ESG backlash, and emerging antitrust concerns surrounding corporate climate commitments.

Robin HulshizerRobin Hulshizer
Jennifer K. RoyJennifer K. Roy
Robin Hulshizer

Robin Hulshizer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer K. Roy

Jennifer K. Roy

Latham & Watkins LLP

Robin Hulshizer

Robin Hulshizer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Robin Hulshizer is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience litigating complex commercial and environmental matters, focusing on all areas of environmental litigation including contaminated properties, toxic torts, greenwashing claims, and environmental justice-based claims.

Professional Involvement

Formerly served as Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office, Local Chair of the Environmental, Land & Resources Department, and Vice Chair of the firm's former Diversity Leadership Committee.

Experience

Over 25 years of experience in multi-disciplinary litigation including toxic torts, product liability, consumer fraud, business contract, insurance coverage, class actions, and securities litigation. Has represented clients across manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and consumer products, energy, and industrial hygiene sectors. Experience spans every major environmental statute (CERCLA, RCRA, CWA) including contaminated site remediation, permitting and compliance strategies, regulatory work, investigation, and enforcement actions. Provides ESG, environmental, and litigation counseling in connection with large-scale mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. Extensive trial and court experience representing companies in high-stakes commercial litigation before governmental agencies including the SEC, EPA, and state equivalent agencies.
Jennifer K. Roy

Jennifer K. Roy

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer Roy provides environmental counseling in all areas of environmental law, with a particular focus on energy and major infrastructure projects.

Professional Involvement

Deputy Office Managing Partner for the firm's San Diego office.

Experience

Assists clients in a wide variety of energy and infrastructure matters related to power generation, renewable and conventional energy resources, land use entitlements, and environmental diligence. Has experience in administrative proceedings and litigation, including before California and federal agencies.
Robin Hulshizer

Robin Hulshizer

Latham & Watkins LLP

Robin Hulshizer is a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience litigating complex commercial and environmental matters, focusing on all areas of environmental litigation including contaminated properties, toxic torts, greenwashing claims, and environmental justice-based claims.

Professional Involvement

Formerly served as Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office, Local Chair of the Environmental, Land & Resources Department, and Vice Chair of the firm's former Diversity Leadership Committee.

Experience

Over 25 years of experience in multi-disciplinary litigation including toxic torts, product liability, consumer fraud, business contract, insurance coverage, class actions, and securities litigation. Has represented clients across manufacturing, oil and gas, retail and consumer products, energy, and industrial hygiene sectors. Experience spans every major environmental statute (CERCLA, RCRA, CWA) including contaminated site remediation, permitting and compliance strategies, regulatory work, investigation, and enforcement actions. Provides ESG, environmental, and litigation counseling in connection with large-scale mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. Extensive trial and court experience representing companies in high-stakes commercial litigation before governmental agencies including the SEC, EPA, and state equivalent agencies.
Jennifer K. Roy

Jennifer K. Roy

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer Roy provides environmental counseling in all areas of environmental law, with a particular focus on energy and major infrastructure projects.

Professional Involvement

Deputy Office Managing Partner for the firm's San Diego office.

Experience

Assists clients in a wide variety of energy and infrastructure matters related to power generation, renewable and conventional energy resources, land use entitlements, and environmental diligence. Has experience in administrative proceedings and litigation, including before California and federal agencies.

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FL2.0
GA2.0
HI2.0
IA2.0
ID2.0
IL2.0
IN2.0
KS2.0
KY2.0
LA2.0
MA2.0
MD2.0
ME2.0
MI2.0
MN2.0
MO2.4
MS2.0
MT2.0
NC2.0
ND2.0
NE2.0
NH120.0
NJ2.4
NM2.0
NV2.0
NY2.0
OH2.0
OK2.5
OR2.0
PA2.0
RI2.5
SC2.0
SD2.0
TN2.0
TX2.0
UT2.0
VA2.0
VT2.0
WA2.0
WI2.0
WV2.4
WY2.0

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2 CLE Hour(s)
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2 General
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2.5 General
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2 General
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2 General
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