Trial Lawyers Chasing Jackpots with Climate Suits

The battle between Big Oil and the states and municipalities suing them for the purported climate-related damage caused by carbon emissions is focused, for now, on the potentially pivotal question of whether the lawsuits should be heard in state or federal court. Next month, the United States Supreme Court will hear one of these growing number of cases. The defendant oil companies in the case, ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, and the like, are seeking the right to appeal a federal court's decision to remand the case back to the state court where Baltimore originally filed its suit. Read Full Article »