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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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Over the last five years, cities, counties, and states across the country have sued fossil fuel companies alleging that the companies violated state law in marketing their products as safe. Second are cases that allege the fossil fuel company activities violate state consumer protection laws. On April 24, the U.S.

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Liability for undelivered mail and the chilling effect of subpoenas

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Postal Service employees intentionally refused to deliver mail to her properties, causing tenants to move out and costing her at least $50,000 in rental income, plus emotional distress and the hassle of chasing down bills via FedEx. The government also says there are several record-specific reasons to believe Konan should lose.

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Court asks for government’s views in decades-old Exxon dispute with Cuba

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Title III of the law allows U.S. They pointed to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a federal law that generally gives foreign countries immunity from lawsuits in U.S. Nine years later, a commission created by Congress certified that Standard Oil had lost more than $71 million more than $600 million in todays dollars.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court found that, as pled, the complaint was “premised solely on state law” and that City of New York v. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. State court proceedings in Rhode Island’s case were put on hold in August pending the U.S. Rhode Island v. Portland, Oregon. and non-U.S.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Southern Environmental Law Center v. Arctic Offshore Drilling, Flickr. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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