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Posted on 10/13/2016 4:28:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A federal judge has opened the way for Exxon Mobil Corp. to seek documents and question witnesses who may help the Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey investigate whether the company hid what it knew about climate change.
U.S. District Court Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas said Thursday that critical comments Healey made at a news conference raised the possibility that she acted in “bad faith” by issuing a subpoena against the company.
Healey and New York’s attorney general have accused Exxon of committing securities fraud by misleading investors and the public about what the company knew about the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change. …
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To really understand whats going on, replace climate change with pink unicorns .
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Another boost for due process!
May Exxon have the better attorneys and use discovery as a weapon to eviscerate their opponent. Force THEM to prove climate change is caused by man.
This right out of the Soviet Union.
Make scientific questions questions of political power, to be settled at gun point.
From the beginning I’ve though Exxon’s legal team was going to chew these idiots up and spit them out. I don’t really see an upside for the plaintiff.
The tobacco industry never stood up for itself. Why should big...what?
The NYT better think twice about Trump's cease-and-disist order.
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