NJ Climate-suit Contract Emerges - Climate Litigation Watch

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 has now declined to file an appeal.

Some of the relevant provisions, in side-by-side:

[Note, this image replaces an incorrect side-by-side originally posted]

For some reason releasing these agreements remains something that public officials/fiduciaries strenuously resist.

As part of the production, OAG also released its dioxane agreement, available here.