Beware the ‘gotcha’ weaponization of proposed SEC climate rules

By Donald J. Kochan

Published March 10, 2023 5:31am ET

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Beware the ‘gotcha’ weaponization of proposed SEC climate rules — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate change disclosure rules are advertised as serving the benign purpose of informing investors and the public. But the rules are actually designed to create litigation minefields, within which disclosures compelled by these rules have the potential to blow up in a disclosing company’s face. It is often true that […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate change disclosure rules are advertised as serving the benign purpose of informing investors and the public. But the rules are actually designed to create litigation minefields, within which disclosures compelled by these rules have the potential to blow up in a disclosing company’s face.

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