Environmental & Energy,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 4, 2025
US Chamber seeks to halt California's climate disclosure laws
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging a federal judge to block California from enforcing two climate disclosure laws, arguing they compel businesses to make politically charged statements in violation of the First Amendment.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged a federal judge to prevent California from enforcing two new climate disclosure laws by the end of the year on claims they will likely prevail on the case's remaining free speech challenges.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II narrowed the scope of the U.S. Chamber's complaint that challenged the constitutionality of SB 253 and SB 261, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023. The laws relate to how companies in the stat...
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