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$1.1 billion opioid settlement encourages New York to appease other gov't plaintiffs - and their private lawyers
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $1.1 billion settlement of litigation against the three biggest opioid distributors that provides a likely model for a reported $26 billion national settlement and also includes a $70 million payday for private lawyers who represented cities and counties and will now urge their clients to sign off on the deal. -
Motions flying as Amazon fights New York AG's COVID safety claims
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The time is nearing when both federal and state judges step into Amazon’s war with New York Attorney General Letitia James. -
New York's attorney general says Amazon's lawsuit against her should be thrown from court
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – New York Attorney General Letitia James has moved to dismiss Amazon’s lawsuit against her that seeks to block litigation she filed against it over the company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Court rejects landlords’ suit against NY AG over Covid eviction ban
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Landlords hoping to block a New York statute preventing them from evicting tenants who aren’t paying rent were rebuffed by a federal court that agreed New York Attorney General Letitia James couldn’t be sued over the law. -
New York's brawl with Amazon moves back to state court
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – It should be a state judge who decides whether New York Attorney General Letitia James is overzealous in her prosecution of Amazon or if the company bungled its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Amazon's feud with New York attorney general escalates
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – New York Attorney General Letitia James has followed through with a threat to sue Amazon, as she filed suit less than a week after the company tried to prevent it from happening. -
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EPA prodded to approve smog pollution plans
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Five states and New York City are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming they have struggled to meet air quality standards because of upwind pollution. -
Judge declines to call Cuomo's coronavirus orders illegal, turns back challenge from bars
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Bars, restaurants, bowling alleys and gentlemen’s clubs have lost their challenge to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s social distancing requirements. -
Movie theater-owner sues New York, asks why it hasn't been allowed to reopen
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – New York officials are the target of a new lawsuit that challenges how and why it is decided that certain public places are allowed to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Lawsuit: How about someone reviews Gov. Cuomo's coronavirus orders
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – Businesses are suing New York officials for sitting idly by while Gov. Andrew Cuomo issues his coronavirus executive orders. -
N.Y. law firm sues Gov. Cuomo, AG James over handling of coronavirus pandemic
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – A western New York law firm has sued Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James, claiming they are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to expand their authority. -
Watchdog wants emails between anti-Exxon lawyer and New York Attorney General's Office; Company used them in its defense
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A conservative energy-policy group has sued to unseal parts of ExxonMobil’s defense in a failed climate lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James, saying “the public has an absolute right to know” about communications between the New York AG and a private lawyer pushing potentially lucrative climate change lawsuits around the country. -
New York's 'ill-conceived' lawsuit against Exxon is rejected by judge
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) The flagship lawsuit of the #ExxonKnew climate litigation campaign was sent to the bottom today after a New York judge rejected all claims brought by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, including fraud charges the state’s lawyers unexpectedly dropped at the close of trial. -
Exxon takes its swing against attorneys general of Massachusetts, New York after failed fraud claims
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - ExxonMobil has asked the judge who heard New York’s highly publicized climate lawsuit against it to issue a ruling saying the state failed to prove its securities fraud claims at trial, hoping to defuse copycat lawsuits by Massachusetts and other plaintiffs across the country accusing ExxonMobil of manipulating public opinion about global warming. -
New York's incredible shrinking lawsuit against Exxon could mean trouble for Massachusetts
New York’s surprising decision to drop half its case against ExxonMobil in the closing arguments of a closely watched trial over climate-fraud claims was unusual and probably indicates the state never had the evidence it needed, said an experienced litigator who has handled environmental lawsuits for government clients. -
New York AG drops two of her claims as trial against Exxon closes; Company calls her case a 'cruel joke'
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Closing arguments were made Thursday in a historic civil trial in New York Supreme Court in which the state’s attorney general alleges the oil giant Exxon Mobil deceived investors by minimizing the future cost impacts of climate change to paint a rosier fiscal picture. -
Taxpayers fund 'rambling' testimony as judge looks skeptical of New York's case against Exxon
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York taxpayers might want a refund on their $500,000 investment in a $1,050-an-hour expert after the judge hearing the state’s closely watched climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil repeatedly interrupted his testimony with skeptical questions about his methodology and assumptions. -
New York's climate change case against Exxon seems to be annoying the judge hearing it
Compounding the state’s problems is a series of courtroom miscues by its lawyers that have led Supreme Court Judge Barry Ostrager to criticize and belittle them multiple times since trial began Oct. 22. -
A rundown of the cabal of lawyers, activists and public officials with an anti-Exxon agenda
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The ongoing trial in New York City is giving ExxonMobil another chance to show that nonprofits, private lawyers and elected officials have for years targeted the company as a scapegoat for climate change. -
Exxon calls New York's lawsuit 'ridiculous' in first day of trial
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A historic civil trial in New York Supreme Court opened Tuesday to decide if oil conglomerate Exxon allegedly deceived its own stockholders – understating the future risks of stricter government regulation and increasing costs to develop fossil fuels – in order to prop up market shares and maintain economic viability.