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 […]
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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 […]
More on the “Climate” Contract the Public Can’t See
The New Jersey Attorney General has filed its privilege log with the court, in Government Accountability & Oversight’s OPRA suit seeking OAJ’s contract with the law firm behind most governmental “climate” lawsuits, Sher Edling LLP. As the cover letter indicates, OAG has also filed its contracts under seal for the court to review. That is […]
Court Orders In Camera Review of New Jersey AG’s Climate Contract
At a hearing yesterday discussing GAO’s OPRA suit, cited here, the court ordered in camera review of the contract portions of which the New Jersey AG’s Office thinks the public should not see. Transcript to follow, followed at some point by a ruling.
GAO Files Reply in New Jersey OPRA Case Over Secretive Climate Litigation Contract
Read GAO’s Reply in Support of its Motion to Show Cause in GAO v. OAG under New Jersey’s Open Records Act (OPRA). This action seeks an unredacted copy of New Jersey’s agreement with a litigation firm to file the Garden State’s entry in the cavalcade of climate lawsuits by progressive-led political offices chasing a “sustainable […]