The US has been the top country for ESG debt issuances since 2012, but the US may soon lose its position as the leader. A look at other countries’ bond issuance behaviors hints that other factors—significantly the SEC’s threat to require greater transparency in ESG—are likely at play.

In December, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued prudential standards for how banks should handle cryptoassets, adding that it will likely refine those standards later. As crypto winter sets in, we can expect those changes to center around how the standards organize crypto assets by risk.

Bloomberg Law’s Law School Innovation Program recognizes law schools that are advancing new approaches to student instruction, legal technology, and experiential learning. And the program’s inaugural cohort of finalists showcased 10 innovations in particular that are leading the way.

It’s still unclear whether FRCP 30(b)(6)'s meet-and-confer amendment is reducing motion practice. Federal court dockets show that the number of motions is creeping downwards, but attorneys surveyed by Bloomberg Law didn’t notice much of a change.

Contrary to the prevailing news coverage of the latest union membership data, union membership actually increased in 2022 by 273,000 workers. That’s the first time that union ranks have risen since 2017, halting a four-year decline.

Since 2017, the number of design patent infringement complaints targeting counterfeiting has more than doubled. Design patents serve a crucial role in protecting intellectual property by providing protection regardless of whether a counterfeiter copies trademarks.

Germany’s antitrust enforcer alleges that Google’s data practices violate Germany’s new digital competition law—which might challenge the backbone of Google’s online dominance and foreshadow EU measures on data and competition.