Description: Shareholder derivative complaint against directors and senior officers of Exxon Mobil Corporation for misleading the public concerning climate change and its impacts on Exxon's business.
Status: Reply memorandum of law filed in support of motion to transfer venue or, alternatively, to stay proceedings. [ 05/26/2020 ]
Description: Shareholder derivative lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation directors and officials concerning alleged misrepresentations of the company's use of proxy costs of carbon.
Status: Memorandum issued explicating the court's rationale for remand. [ 05/28/2020 ]
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.
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.
Status: Memorandum of points and authorities filed in support of underwriter defendants' motion to dismiss consolidated amended class action complaint. [ 06/28/2019 ]
Description: Securities class action against utility company in Southern California alleging misrepresentations regarding exposure to wildfire risk.
Status: Stipulation of settlement and dismissal filed. [ 01/18/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit by New York City pension funds to compel aerospace company to include climate change-related shareholder proposal in its proxy materials.
Status: Motion to intervene and cross-motion to submit an amicus curiae brief denied. [ 02/27/2020 ]
Description: Action alleging fraudulent scheme by Exxon Mobil Corporation to deceive investors about the company's management of risks posed by climate change regulation.
Status: Letter sent by SEC indicating counsel's office would not recommend enforcement action. [ 12/12/2017 ]
Description: Request for no-action response from SEC regarding shareholder proposal asking Apple to produce a report assessing the climate benefits and feasibility of adopting requirements that all retail locations implement a policy to keep store doors closed.
Status: Letter sent by SEC indicating that counsel's office would not recommend enforcement action. [ 12/21/2017 ]
Description: Request for no-action response from SEC regarding shareholder proposal asking Apple to prepare a report evaluating the potential for Apple to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases.
Status: SEC declined to reconsider position that shareholder proposal could not be excluded and declined to refer to Commission for review. [ 03/23/2016 ]
Description: Request for no-action response from SEC regarding shareholder proposal to increase the total amount authorized for capital distributions to shareholders as a prudent response to the climate change-related risks of stranded assets.
Status: Request for evidentiary hearing on lead plaintiff's motion for class certification granted and determination of lead plaintiff's motion stayed. [ 08/01/2019 ]
Description: Securities fraud class action against Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) alleging that Exxon failed to disclose climate risks.
Status: SEC said it could not concur that shareholder proposal could be excluded. [ 03/11/2016 ]
Description: Request for no-action response from SEC regarding shareholder proposal to increase the total amount authorized for capital distributions to shareholders as a prudent response to the climate change-related risks of stranded assets.
Status: Order issued requiring responses to discovery demands. [ 08/29/2018 ]
Description: Action by New York Attorney General to compel compliance with subpoenas issued in its investigation of Exxon Mobil Corporation's climate change disclosures.
Status: Unopposed motion filed by Competitive Enterprise Institute for leave to file notice of supplemental authority in support of its special motion to dismiss, motion for
sanctions, and motion for costs and attorney’s fees. [ 10/17/2016 ]
Description: United States Virgin Islands Office of the Attorney General sought documents from Competitive Enterprise Institute as part of its investigation of alleged climate change-related fraud on the part of ExxonMobil.
Description: Stockholder derivative action alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with natural gas leak from natural gas storage facility in Southern California.
Description: Action by ExxonMobil Corporation to set aside civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general under consumer protection statute seeking information on Exxon's knowledge and disclosure of climate change-related risks.
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