Climate litigation against companies is increasing and the stakes are getting higher. Last year saw more headline-making claims being brought against corporations and a slew of important decisions from courts in...more
2/5/2024
/ Asbestos ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Insurance Industry ,
Jurisdiction ,
Liability Insurance ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Oil & Gas ,
Popular
When Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison announced in June 2020 that his office had filed a climate change lawsuit, the litigation strategy he described was relatively novel for a climate change case.
Rather than...more
1/7/2022
/ American Petroleum Institute ,
Appeals ,
Climate Change ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Exxon Mobil ,
False Statements ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Oil & Gas ,
Remand ,
Restitution ,
Stays ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more
1/30/2020
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Civil Liability ,
Climate Change ,
Commission on Human Rights ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Martin Act ,
Natural Disasters ,
Oil & Gas ,
Philippines ,
Policy Terms ,
Reinsurance ,
Risk Management ,
Severe Weather ,
Supreme Court of the Netherlands ,
Underwriting