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ExxonMobil Strikes Back: Energy Companies Take a More Proactive Approach to Activist ESG Shareholders

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ExxonMobil has filed proceedings in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas against two shareholders, alleging that proposals seeking an increased pace for reductions in emissions amount to “intrusion” into...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Extraterritorial Lawsuit Against Shell Oil

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The United States Supreme Court, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, recently restricted the scope of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (“ATS”), a 224-year-old law often used to invoke jurisdiction in suing...more

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