GHG Nuisance Litigation: Connecticut, Comer & Kivalina

Fifth Circuit Dismisses En Banc Appeal On Procedural Grounds, So District Court Decision Dismissing Claims Related To Climate Change Stands As Good Law

Chadbourne & Parke
June 10, 2010

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Global Warming Nuisance Litigation is Too Hot for the Fifth Circuit [Comer v. Murphy Oil Co.]

Locke Lord
June 7, 2010

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Dismissal of Climate Change Lawsuit [Comer v. Murphy Oil Co]

Patton Boggs
June 7, 2010

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Significant Developments in Climate Change Nuisance Lawsuits

Davis Polk
June 3, 2010

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Landmark Climate Change Suit Dismissed on Appeal by Quorum-Less 5th Circuit [Comer v. Murphy Oil]

McGuireWoods
June 3, 2010

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No En Banc Review by Fifth Circuit in Comer: Landmark Climate Change Lawsuits Headed to U.S. Supreme Court Sooner Than Expected?

McGuireWoods
May 10, 2010

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Climate Change Litigation

Jones Day
April 2010

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Who's to Blame for Climate Change: Will the Supreme Court Review?

Faegre & Benson
March 24, 2010

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Fifth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in Comer Climate Change Tort Litigation [Comer v. Murphy Oil]

Troutman Sanders
March 1, 2010

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Some Like it Hot - Conditions Ripe for Proliferation of Climate Change Litigation

Weil Gotshal
February 2010

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Climate Change Liability Moves Forward: Does Your Insurance Cover Your Risk?

King & Spalding
February 1, 2010

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Global Warming Litigation Raises Liability Insurance Issues

Proskauer
January 19, 2010

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Companies in Hot Seat as Courts Advance Climate-Change Claims

Chadbourne & Parke
From Law.com
January 4, 2010

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Issues of Proof In Climate Change Litigation 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher
December 31, 2009

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Climate Change Lawsuits Advance

Chadbourne & Parke
December 14, 2009

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Federal Courts Conflicted on Climate Change Litigation

Sutherland
November 23, 2009

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Impact of Recent Litigation on the Climate Change Debate

Patton Boggs
November 6, 2009

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Recent Decisions Permit Claims That Private Companies are Contributing to "Climate Change"

Chadbourne & Parke
November 5, 2009

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Second Circuit Revives Federal Common Law Nuisance Suits Against Greenhouse Gas Emitters in Connecticut v. American Electric Power

Latham & Watkins
November 4, 2009

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Who's to Blame for Climate Change: Should a Jury Decide?

Faegre & Benson
November 4, 2009

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Courts Clash on Viability of Greenhouse Gas Public Nuisance Suits

Quarles & Brady
November 2, 2009

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Judicial Climate for "Global Warming" Claims Getting Warmer?

Wiley Rein
October 29, 2009

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Emissions of Greenhouse Gases & Global Warming – Regulation through Litigation? Who is Liable for Damages Arising from Global Warming?

K+L Gates
October 29, 2009

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The Action Heats Up in Global Warming Nuisance Litigation: Fifth Circuit Follows Second in Allowing Claims to Proceed in Comer, While Northern District of California Dismisses Kivalina

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
October 28, 2009

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Three Federal Courts Issue Back-to-Back Decisions Addressing the Viability of Global Warming Tort Actions

Simpson Thacher
October 26, 2009

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Courts Are Hearing Common Law Nuisance Actions on Climate Change

Hinshaw
October 22, 2009

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Second and Fifth Circuits Open the Door to Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuits

Pepper Hamilton
October 21, 2009

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Bombshells in Climate Change Litigation: Two Major New Cases Expose Greenhouse Gas Emitters to Potential Liability [Comer v Murphy Oil & Connecticut v American Electric Power Co]

Alston + Bird
October 21, 2009

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Legal Developments Affecting the Regulation and Litigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Blank Rome
Chemical Industry News
October 9, 2009

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Second circuit allows tort action against utilities to proceed based on greenhouse gas emissions [Connecticut v AEPCo]

DLA Piper
October 7, 2009

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Second Circuit Rules Parties May Sue Greenhouse Gas Emitters Under Nuisance Claim

Winston & Strawn
October 2, 2009

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Second Circuit Decision Opens Door for Federal Tort Actions Seeking Greenhouse Gas Emissions Caps and Mandatory Reductions

Skadden
October 2, 2009

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Second Circuit Rules that Climate Change Nuisance Action May Proceed Under “Federal Common Law”

Mayer Brown
October 2, 2009

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Second Circuit Rules Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Power Companies May Proceed

Dewey & LeBoeuf
October 2, 2009

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The Second Circuit Reinstates Global Warming Federal Nuisance Claims against Utilities: Connecticut, et al. v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., et al.

Mintz Levin
October 1, 2009

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Second Circuit Revives Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Electric Power Companies [Connecticut v American Electric Power Co]

O'Melveny & Myers
September 30, 2009

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The Dam Breaks: Second Circuit Holds that Political Question Doctrine Does Not Preclude a Public Nuisance Claim for Alleged Contributions to Global Warming

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
September 30, 2009

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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Suits to Abate Contributions to Global Warming that Constitute a Public Nuisance

Kaye Scholer
September 30, 2009

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Federal Appellate Court Allows Public Nuisance Claims for Greenhouse Gas Emissions [Connecticut v American Electric Power Co]

Jenner & Block
September 25, 2009

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Second Circuit Permits “Public Nuisance” Lawsuit to Address Climate Change

Troutman Sanders
September 28, 2009

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Second Circuit Opinion on Connecticut v. American Electric Power — Nuisance Claims Against Companies Emitting GHGs

Vinson & Elkins
September 25, 2009

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Key Appellate Decision Expands the Potential for Greenhouse Gas Nuisance Claims [Connecticut v American Electric Power]

Squire Sanders
September 25, 2009

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A New Tool for Combating Climate Change? Second Circuit Finds Companies May Be Sued for Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions [Connecticut v. American Electric Power]

Debevoise & Plimpton
September 25, 2009

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2nd Circuit Rejects "Political Question" Dismissal of Key Climate Change Case [Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co]

McGuireWoods
September 23, 2009

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