New York Supreme Court

New York Loses ExxonMobil Climate Fraud Lawsuit in Major Accountability Failure

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On December 10, 2019, Justice Barry Ostrager of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that New York Attorney General Letitia James “failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that ExxonMobil made any material misrepresentations” regarding climate change risks to investors. The …

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