California Attorney General Xavier Becerra outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington after oral arguments in the consolidated cases Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, on, Nov. 11, 2019.
Rhode Island’s lawsuit is the latest climate change case, pending before a federal appeals court, in which some of the same attorneys general have filed briefs supporting the claims. More than a dozen other states have opposed some of the cases.
January 03, 2020 at 05:52 PM
1 minute read
staff reporter
California, New York and 11 other states have filed an amicus brief supporting a case in which the state of Rhode Island seeks to hold the oil industry liable for climate change.
In a filing Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the states argued to uphold a July 22 ruling remanding Rhode Island’s case to state court, where its lawyers prefer to pursue their claims that 21 oil companies contributed to climate change in violation of public nuisance law.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Law firms & in-house legal departments with a presence in the middle east celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession.
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
A large and well-established Tampa company is seeking a contracts administrator to support the company's in-house attorney and manage a wide...
We are seeking an attorney to join our commercial finance practice in either our Stamford, Hartford or New Haven offices. Candidates should ...
We are seeking an attorney to join our corporate and transactional practice. Candidates should have a minimum of 8 years of general corporat...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
