SAN FRANCISCO – Chevron has filed a malicious conduct lawsuit against an attorney who took the oil giant to court in 2006.
Chevron files suit against environmental plaintiff’s lawyer
Judge tosses Kivalana global warming suit
SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. District Court Judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Alaskan native village that targeted Exxon Mobil, alleging the oil company was responsible for global warming.
New York City v Exxon Mobil trial underway
NEW YORK – New York City lawyers are trying to convince a jury in a United States District Court in Manhattan that Exxon Mobil knew an additive it used in gasoline would eventually contaminate groundwater.
Film company shoots Kivalina documentary before trial ends
TORONTO – A Canadian-based film company has begun filming a documentary aimed at exposing the controversial case of Kivalina v Exxon Mobil.
Litigation slows access to Alaskan oil reserves
ALASKA -- As warmer temperatures open up previously inaccessible Alaskan oil and gas reserves, oil companies are finding their dash to tap them slowed by lawsuits from environmental groups.
Shell game: payout or payoff?
NEW YORK -- Royal Dutch Shell, the multinational petroleum company, has settled with plaintiffs in New York federal court for $15.5 million in an Alien Tort Statute lawsuit. The settlement could spell trouble for other large corporations . . .
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