June 20, 2018
The first half of 2018 saw courts take a broad view of energy companies' potential liability, whether the matter hinged on climate change, groundwater pollution or even a business partner's bankruptcy. Here are five court decisions that raised energy attorneys' eyebrows.
April 20, 2018
Oil giant ExxonMobil said Friday it will appeal to the Second Circuit a New York federal judge's dismissal of its suit claiming the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts conspired to violate its free speech rights on climate change issues by investigating the company.
March 29, 2018
A New York federal judge on Thursday nixed ExxonMobil's suit claiming the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts conspired to violate the oil giant's free speech rights on climate change issues by investigating the company, saying Exxon's constitutional claims were "implausible."
February 23, 2018
Exxon on Thursday asked a New York federal judge to reject the state attorney general's contention that the Second Circuit's recent decision that the First Amendment does not shield social welfare organizations from disclosing their donors also undermines the company's free speech claims against state climate change probes.
February 20, 2018
The Second Circuit's recent decision that the First Amendment does not shield social welfare organizations from disclosing their donors should also undermine Exxon Mobil Corp.'s free speech claims against state climate change probes, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office told a federal judge Friday.
February 02, 2018
ExxonMobil on Thursday told a New York federal judge that it should be allowed to submit additional allegations that the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts conspired to deprive the oil giant of its free speech rights on climate change issues, claiming the prosecutors' opposition "smacks of pure desperation."
January 22, 2018
ExxonMobil has provided no plausible evidence that climate change probes launched by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts amount to a politically motivated conspiracy to deprive the oil giant of its free speech rights on climate issues, the prosecutors told a New York federal judge Friday.
January 16, 2018
ExxonMobil told a judge Friday it has made its case that climate change probes launched by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts violate its free speech rights, documenting meetings between New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and climate activists to bolster its argument.
December 12, 2017
Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged this week to tell investors how international calls to curb global warming could impact the world leader in oil production, bending to shareholders who repeatedly requested information on the resilience of the company's business model.
November 30, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical that ExxonMobil could make a case that climate change probes launched by the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts violate its free speech rights, though she gave the energy giant a chance to convince her otherwise through additional briefing.