Status: Court notice issued allowing attorney general to file motion to dismiss or to limit discovery. [ 02/27/2019 ]
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: 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: 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.
Description: Petition seeking suspension or debarment of Exxon Mobil Corporation and its subsidiaries from contracting with the federal government due to allegedly deceptive conduct, particularly alleged misrepresentations regarding climate change.
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.
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: 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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