Following up on this post, CLW has tracked down this opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, referenced in online news reports. It is something to behold. Here are a couple of bread crumbs to follow to find one-half, the more substantively important half, of what has the court […]
Municipal climate lawsuits
Maryland Muni Climate Suits Tossed
As reported by the Washington Examiner, “MARYLAND JUDGE DISMISSES TWO CLIMATE LAWSUITS TARGETING CHEVRON: In a win for Big Oil, a judge has dismissed two climate lawsuits filed in Maryland against Chevron, BP, Shell, and more, saying federal law preempts state law claims against the oil companies. The details: The lawsuits, filed by the City of Annapolis […]
SCOTUS Not Weighing in on ‘Climate Torts’ Yet
Courtesy of Reason magazine CLW sees that the United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari sought by energy companies in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu. Noting in particular the following from Reason contributor Jonathan Adler, CLW’s view is that SCOTUS involvement is only a matter of time, but the coming further years of litigation and […]
NJ Climate-suit Contract Emerges
At long last the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General has released to Government Accountability & Oversight its retainer and “contingency” fee agreement with outside climate-plaintiffs law firm Sher Edling to file the Garden State’s entry in the climate sweepstakes. As noted here, earlier this summer a court ordered the Office to do so, but it apparently was considering and […]
The Good Fellas Win in New Jersey
This item is cross-posted from govoversight.org Last year, GAO filed a New Jersey OPRA suit for the contract (and disclosures) between the Garden State’s Attorney General and climate-plaintiffs’ law firm Sher Edling, LLP—some very basic details the plaintiffs seem to be very concerned about the public seeing, whatever the jurisdiction, after a few arrangements made their way into the […]