Baltimore

May 19, 2021

Supreme Court Procedural Clarity Provides Win for Industry in Climate Case

On May 17, 2021, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-1 that the Fourth Circuit should have considered all of the fossil fuel companies’ grounds for removal to federal court in the BP PLC, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore case. Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Sustainability

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June 26, 2020

Trends in Climate Change Lawsuits: State Common Law Issues

As we have discussed in our previous blog posts, a growing form of climate change litigation in the United States consists of lawsuits filed by states or municipalities against private industry, and more specifically, the fossil-fuel industry. States, cities and other units of local government have filed lawsuits alleging state common law theories, including nuisance,… Continue reading

Climate Change

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