by Valerie Richardson Washington Times aA court has ordered New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to turn over documents related to a multistate confidentiality agreement on climate change investigations. New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Henry F. Zwack ruled that Mr. Schneiderman has 30 days to comply with the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s May 5 request [...]
For Immediate Release: November 16, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) was forced to file an open records suit with exhibits against yet another “Green 20” state attorney general (AG), this time Virginia’s Mark Herring. Herring was an early signatory to the aborted political coalition among activist AGs [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute A New York state judge has ordered Exxon and the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) to turn over documents demanded by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D-NY) in his ongoing investigation of Exxon’s statements on climate change. The judge rejected Exxon’s claim Texas law protects accountant-client privilege, saying New York [...]
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As appearing in RealClear Energy On Oct. 13, a federal court in Ft. Worth, Texas ruled that Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is subject to legal “discovery” by ExxonMobil. This turns the tables on the Attorney General (AG), who had demanded the company’s records as part of [...]
For Immediate Release: October 25, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Today, the Free Market Environment Law Clinic (FME Law) was forced to file suit (with exhibits), along with and on behalf of several New York citizens’ groups, against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office for wrongfully withholding records responsive to a Freedom of Information Law request. FME Law represents [...]
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, ”a federal judge in Texas has issued a discovery order against the Massachusetts attorney general in the hotly-contested investigation about whether the oil giant concealed information about climate change from investors and the public." The court based its opinion on information E&E Legal [...]
by Bob Unruh WND It was a year ago when a long list of scientists wrote to the Obama administration urging the federal government to use RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, against global-warming skeptics... Now the tables are turned. A mathematician and software engineer has filed a lawsuit in Texas naming dozens [...]
For Immediate Release: October 7, 2016 Contact: Craig Richardson Richardson@eelegal.org 703-981-5553 Schneiderman Unlawfully Withholding Documents Which Other FOI Requests Prove Exist, and are Not Privileged Washington, D.C. – After months of stonewalling of public information requests by New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) was once again forced to file suit against that office to [...]
by H. Sterling Burnett The Heartland Institute With waning support from other state's attorney's general for his climate lawsuits, New York AG Eric Schneiderman is now focusing Exxon's reports to investors. Seventeen state attorneys general (AGs) are backing away from their prior commitment to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s investigation of ExxonMobil’s past climate [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller Internal emails reveal Delaware’s attorney general is the latest Democrat to pull out of a criminal investigation into ExxonMobil for supposedly hiding knowledge about global warming. Emails released Friday by conservative legal group Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (E&E Legal) indicate that Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn bowed out of [...]
