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Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Schneiderman
A district court dismissed an oil company's lawsuit seeking to stop the New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General (AGs) from investigating whether the company misled investors and the public about its knowledge of climate change and...
Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Viad Corp.
A district court, in an underlying suit concerning indemnificaton for environmental cleanup, held that a corporation's counterclaims against a bus company for fraud and negligent misrepresentation are barred by Arizona's economic loss...
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
The Second Circuit affirmed a district court decision holding that an $8.646 billion judgment granted by an Ecuadorian court for pollution in the Amazon was...
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
A district court held that a multibillion dollar judgment granted by an Ecuadorian court for environmental pollution in the Amazon was procured by fraud and therefore enjoined the attorney and two of his Ecuadorian clients from seeking...
Mann v. National Review, Inc.
A D.C. court held that a climate scientist may go forward with his defamation suit against a conservative publication and think tank. The publication and think tank had commented that the scientist engaged in "data manipulation," was...
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger
A district court denied a corporation's motion to freeze the assets of Ecuadorian plaintiffs and to prevent them from collecting the proceeds of a multibillion dollar judgment in an underlying case involving environmental...
Chandler v. Chevron USA, Inc.
A district court dismissed a fraud claim brought by a car wash operator against the seller of the property...