Classic legal strategies in the climate litigation: New York State sues Exxon Mobile Corporation for misleading investors on climate change
The New York state has tried a different strategy to attack the fossils giant, Exxon Mobil Corporation, through the enforcement of the anti-fraud law. After three years of investigation, Barbara D. Underwood, the New York attorney general, brought the lawsuit before the Supreme Court of the State of New York under the Martin Securities Fraud …