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  1. December 14, 2020

    The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2020: Part 1

    The past year has been flooded with major rulings affecting the energy sector, with courts weighing in on climate change litigation and the boundaries of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority. In the first of a two-part series, Law360 breaks down the biggest energy-related court decisions of 2020.

  2. August 12, 2020

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Order Remanding Calif. Climate Suits

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied a request by Chevron Corp. and a coalition of energy giants to revisit its May decision that tossed a lower court's dismissal of climate change-related claims lodged by Oakland and San Francisco.

  3. August 04, 2020

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Remand Of Calif. Climate Suits

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday stood by its ruling that fossil fuel companies will have to face suits brought by several California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court.

  4. July 10, 2020

    Energy Giants Tell 9th Circ. To Rethink Climate Suit Remands

    Chevron Corp. and a coalition of energy giants have urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a pair of decisions that may force them to face suits by California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court.

  5. May 27, 2020

    5 Takeaways From The 9th Circ.'s Climate Suit Ruling

    The Ninth Circuit's rulings this week that federal law wasn't implicated in litigation seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate-change-related infrastructure damage add to the legal momentum to keep the latest wave of climate torts in state courts. Here are five takeaways from the Ninth Circuit's decisions.

  6. May 26, 2020

    9th Circ. Says Climate Suits Belong In State Court

    Chevron Corp. and other fossil fuel companies may have to face suits by California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court after the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday that the cases don't raise issues of federal law.

  7. April 28, 2020

    Superfund Ruling Aids State Climate Suits, Circuit Courts Told

    Rhode Island and California municipalities arguing that they can pursue climate change-related infrastructure damages from fossil fuel companies in state court say their case is bolstered by the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that federal Superfund law doesn't preclude state law claims seeking further cleanup.

  8. March 25, 2020

    Chevron Urges Courts To Ignore 4th Circ.'s Climate Ruling

    Chevron Corp. has said the Fourth Circuit wrongly concluded that Baltimore's lawsuit seeking to put fossil fuel companies on the hook for climate change belongs in state court and its decision should be ignored by circuit courts weighing similar suits.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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