A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Sept. 13 that Exxon Mobil Corp., represented by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, must face claims by environmentalists that storm surge, flooding and heavy rains could cause the oil company’s terminal near Boston to discharge pollutants.

But the judge also partly sided with Exxon Mobil, finding that plaintiffs had no standing to sue over future risks tied to rising sea levels and intensifying storm risks that were not “imminent.”