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  1. February 28, 2020

    Chevron Cites 5th Circ. Ruling In Climate Suit Venue Fight

    A Chevron Corp. lawyer has told several courts that a recent Fifth Circuit ruling supports arguments that climate change suits against fossil fuel companies belong in federal court because the companies were at times working at the government's behest.

  2. February 05, 2020

    Big Oil, Calif. Municipalities Butt Heads On Climate At 9th Circ.

    Dozens of fossil fuel firms faced off against California municipal governments in a pair of momentous Ninth Circuit hearings Wednesday, as the judges heard appeals in two cases that could decide whether petroleum companies will bear the cost of climate-related infrastructure damage.

  3. February 04, 2020

    Future Of Climate Torts At Stake In 9th Circ. Doubleheader

    The Ninth Circuit will hear back-to-back oral arguments Wednesday in a pair of cases aimed at putting fossil fuel companies on the hook to Golden State cities and counties for climate-related infrastructure damage. Here's a primer on what to expect.

  4. January 30, 2020

    9th Circ. Ruling Puts Climate Suits In Fed Court, Chevron Says

    A lawyer for Chevron Corp. says the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling that only the executive and legislative branches can tackle climate change policy makes clear that the climate torts fossil fuel companies currently face are a federal matter, not a state one.

  5. January 01, 2020

    Energy Cases To Watch In 2020

    Climate change will take center stage in energy-related courtroom battles in 2020, including liability suits against energy giants and suits challenging rollbacks of climate regulations, but there's also no shortage of non-climate cases with big implications for the energy industry. Here are nine cases that energy attorneys will be closely watching this year.

  6. July 29, 2019

    Calif. Cities Look East In Bid To Keep Climate Suits Alive

    San Francisco and other California local governments on Friday told the Ninth Circuit that Rhode Island's success in keeping its climate lawsuit against several energy companies in state court supports their efforts to keep their similar lawsuits out of federal court.

  7. July 15, 2019

    Energy Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2019

    Climate change will dominate the energy-related court cases attorneys will watch in the second half of 2019, while fights over FERC's bankruptcy authority and state-level disputes over energy partnerships and oil and gas rights will draw plenty of eyeballs. Here are seven cases that energy attorneys will be watching in the second half of the year.

  8. July 02, 2019

    SF, Oakland Push For Climate Suit Revival At 9th Circ.

    Oakland and San Francisco told the Ninth Circuit that their California state law-based nuisance claims against Chevron Corp., BP PLC and other oil giants over climate-change-related damage to local infrastructure should never have been removed to federal court and dismissed.

  9. June 28, 2019

    Chevron Tells 9th Circ. To Ignore Baltimore Climate Ruling

    A Maryland federal judge's decision remanding to state court a Baltimore suit alleging Chevron and other companies caused climate change-related damage should be ignored in the oil giant's legal battle with California cities and counties pursuing similar claims, Chevron told the Ninth Circuit on Thursday.

  10. January 30, 2019

    AGs Ask 9th Circ. To Keep Calif. Climate Suits In State Court

    Attorneys general from seven states told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday it should keep in state court lawsuits filed by a group of California municipalities alleging that Chevron and other oil and gas companies significantly contributed to climate change.

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