The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Texas Judge Strikes Down Anti-ESG “Boycott” Law – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Texas Judge Strikes Down Anti-ESG “Boycott” Law https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/03/01/texas-judge-strikes-down-anti-esg-boycott-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-judge-strikes-down-anti-esg-boycott-law https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/03/01/texas-judge-strikes-down-anti-esg-boycott-law/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:30:28 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=179358?d=20260227154343EST Posted by Mollie H. Duckworth, Betty M. Huber, and Austin J. Pierce, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Sunday, March 1, 2026
Editor's Note:

Mollie H. Duckworth and Betty M. Huber are Partners, and Austin J. Pierce is an Associate at Latham & Watkins. This post is based on their Latham & Watkins memorandum.

Key points

  • On February 4, 2026, the US District Court for the Western District of Texas declared SB 13 (2021) unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and enjoined its enforcement, finding the statute facially overbroad and impermissibly vague.
  • The ruling continues a trend of constitutional challenges against laws seeking to promote and/or constrain various ESG considerations.

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