Alternative Dispute Resolution – Mediation and Arbitration

From 1984 until June 2024, a reviewing court had to defer to a federal agency’s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes, even if the court would have interpreted the statute differently.

In May 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a final rule to amend the Hazard Communication Standard, aligning it more closely with the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

After not accepting California Governor Newsom’s proposal to delay implementing California’s Climate Accountability laws by two years, the California legislature passed amendments on August 31, 2024, to California’s 2023 Climate Accountability laws via Senate Bill 219, which further support the implementation of reporting greenhouse gas disclosures and climate-related risk financial reporting.