Can someone please help me understand how or why the judge has any decision to make at all if the charges have been dropped?
“Judge Ostrager has 30 days to issue a decision. The prosecutors are surely praying he’ll find the Martin Act gives them so much leeway that he actually has to find Exxon guilty. If so, it’ll be a blaring alarm to businesses to have nothing to do with New York, because they have no hope of a fair break here.”
One charge has not been dropped, but the judge will likely dismiss it.