Government Accountability & Oversight
CLW has noticed with concern the deployment of congressional committees by the trial bar the same way state attorneys general have agreed to be used, in pursuit of private parties to help out tort litigation campaigns by political allies. Government Accountability & Oversight Board Member Matt Hardin testified against the practice at a recent hearing […]
The below timeline affirms it is acceptable for an AG to launch investigations into, e.g., the renewable energy or climate industry at the request of trial lawyers October 2012: La Jolla meeting proceedings published. Plaintiffs’ attorney Matt Pawa calls for “a single sympathetic attorney general” to begin subpoenaing records of private parties targeted by climate […]
Tort Lawyer Gives Private “What Exxon Knew” Slide Show, AG Announces “What Exxon Knew” Investigation Weeks Later In three previous posts CLW has revealed the Miracle of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office course reversal on what is and what is not privileged from public scrutiny, when confronted with the prospect of defending those claims before […]
What We’ve Learned Re Climate Inquisitor, Bloomberg’s Top Recruiter AG Healey In previous posts, here and here, CLW noted the sudden reversal of the Massachusetts AG Maura Healey’s stonewall of a request to release her application to participate in the NYU State Impact Center’s fellowship program, and related records. The documents, now released, reveal that […]
Newly revealed emails, wrongly hidden from public by OAG, further suggest origin of renewed “Attribution” push CLW readers are aware of the new, plaintiffs’ bar-driven push to claim an ability to attribute climate change — all the way down to responsibility for individual storms, weather apparently is climate when it’s the right kind of weather […]
