Climate litigation against companies is increasing and the stakes are getting higher. Last year saw more headline-making claims being brought against corporations and a slew of important decisions from courts in...more
2/5/2024
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Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
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Liability Insurance ,
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After years of litigation over the proper venue for climate change lawsuits, several federal courts of appeal have recently sent those cases to state courts across the nation, where they are now set to move forward. This...more
4/27/2022
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Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Oil & Gas ,
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When Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison announced in June 2020 that his office had filed a climate change lawsuit, the litigation strategy he described was relatively novel for a climate change case.
Rather than...more
1/7/2022
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Environmental Litigation ,
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Restitution ,
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In January, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in one of the lawsuits filed against oil and gas companies for their alleged contribution to climate change. The Court’s ruling will likely have a significant impact on how...more
This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more
1/30/2020
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Civil Liability ,
Climate Change ,
Commission on Human Rights ,
Criminal Liability ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
European Convention on Human Rights ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Martin Act ,
Natural Disasters ,
Oil & Gas ,
Philippines ,
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Reinsurance ,
Risk Management ,
Severe Weather ,
Supreme Court of the Netherlands ,
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This is the fifth of six articles addressing climate change lawsuits in the context of (re)insurance.
In previous articles in this series, we have discussed the litigation risks faced by liability insurers as a result of...more
Zelle LLP invites you to join us for a week of webinars featuring insurance topics that are of critical importance to adjusters and insurance professionals. This series will cover managing insurance claims in the wake of...more
6/19/2019
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This is the third of five articles addressing climate change lawsuits in the context of (re)insurance.
Following on from our previous article which highlighted the developing and varying body of climate change cases...more
This is the second of five articles addressing climate change lawsuits in the context of (re)insurance. Read the first article, discussing how liability insurers can respond proactively to climate change claims.
Much of...more
This is the first of five articles that address climate change lawsuits in the context of (re)insurance. This article reviews the recent U.S. and foreign climate change lawsuits and offers suggestions to liability...more