29 Cases found

Utah v. Walsh

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/26/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's amendment of the Investment Duties regulation governing private-sector benefit plans.

Texas v. Securities & Exchange Commission

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 02/22/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rule on proxy vote reporting requirements for registered management investment companies.

Braun v. Walsh

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wis.
Status: Brief filed in support of motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order. [ 02/28/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights” (the Investment Duties regulation).

HOPE of Kentucky, LLC v. Cameron

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Ky.
Status: Memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of their motion to abstain, dismiss, and remand. [ 11/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block the Kentucky Attorney General's investigation of banks' ESG investment practices.

Fagen v. Enviva Inc.

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/03/2022 ]
Description: Securities class action lawsuit alleging that a company that develops, constructs, acquires, and owns and operates wood pellet production plants misrepresented the environmental sustainability of its business.

Perri v. Croskrey

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Del.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/06/2021 ]
Description: Stockholder derivative action against board of directors and upper management at a company that produces a "purportedly biodegradable plastic alternative."

Rosencrants v. Danimer Scientific, Inc.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.Y.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/14/2021 ]
Description: Federal securities class action against company that produces a biodegradable plastic alternative for allegedly making false and misleading statements about the company, including by overstating the product's biodegradability in oceans and landfills.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion by William Michael Cunningham for leave to file amicus brief in support of plaintiffs denied. [ 09/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) adoption of amendments to Rule 14a-8, which governs the submission of shareholder proposals for inclusion in a company’s proxy statement.

In re Oatly Group AB Securities Litigation

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Second consolidated complaint filed. [ 08/17/2022 ]
Description: Securities class action against oatmilk company alleging greenwashing, among other misleading statements.

Jacob v. Bloom Energy Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Del. Ch.
Status: Judgment entered in favor of defendant with respect to one plaintiff and in favor of a second plaintiff. [ 02/25/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel company to allow stockholders to inspect books and records for multiple purposes, including to investigate potential misrepresentations regarding performance of "green energy" technology.

York County v. Rambo

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/22/2019 ]
Description: Federal securities class action brought by bond investors in PG&E in connection with California wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

In re Exxon Mobil Corp. Derivative Litigation

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Reply in further support of motion to dismiss filed by nominal defendants and defendants. [ 10/29/2021 ]
Description: Consolidated shareholder derivative action against directors and senior officers of Exxon Mobil Corporation for misleading the public concerning climate change and its impacts on Exxon's business.

In re Exxon Mobil Corp. Derivative Litigation

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.J.
Status: Motion to transfer granted. [ 09/15/2020 ]
Description: Shareholder derivative lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation directors and officials concerning alleged misrepresentations of the company's use of proxy costs of carbon.

Commonwealth v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Mass.
Status: Denial of special motion to dismiss affirmed. [ 05/24/2022 ]
Description: Action by Massachusetts attorney general asserting that Exxon Mobil Corporation committed deceptive practices against Massachusetts investors and consumers, including by failing to disclose climate change risks.

Tosdal v. NorthWestern Corp.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment granted and plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment denied. [ 02/25/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to bar the defendant from excluding the plaintiff's shareholder proposal requesting that the defendant cease coal-fired power generation.

Barnes v. Edison International

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Amended order issued dismissing Counts IV and V without prejudice and Counts I, II, and III with prejudice. [ 04/27/2021 ]
Description: Securities class action against utility company in Southern California alleging misrepresentations regarding exposure to wildfire risk.

Shupak v. Reed

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Stockholder derivative complaint filed. [ 04/19/2016 ]
Description: Stockholder derivative action alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with natural gas leak from natural gas storage facility in Southern California.

Fentress v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Second amended complaint dismissed. [ 02/04/2019 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit on behalf of Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) employees alleging that Exxon defendants' failure to disclose climate change information violated fiduciary duties under Employee Retirement Income Security Act.