Energy Firms Lose Challenge to Remand of Baltimore Climate Suit to State Court May 18, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Major energy firms have lost their bid for a rehearing of a ruling in a case brought by the city...
Supreme Court Hears Baltimore’s Climate Change Damages Claim Against Energy Firms January 20, 2021 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a dispute that one justice called a “close call” over a lawsuit...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Jurisdiction Question in Climate Damages Lawsuit October 5, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp., Exxon...
States’ Climate Change Litigation Could Be Useful Tool Against Big Oil: Opinion November 5, 2019 By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion A growing number of cities and states want to turn climate change lawsuits against oil companies into the next tobacco...
Supreme Court Allows City, State Claims Against Energy Firms Over Climate Costs October 23, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court let government officials press ahead with three lawsuits that accuse more than a dozen oil and...