February 26, 2024
The Fourth Circuit on Monday rejected the latest attempt by BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and other oil titans to go to federal court to litigate complaints that accuse them of lying about fossil fuels' climate effects, joining multiple courts in reasoning that the claims don't invoke federal law.
December 06, 2023
Oil industry titans pushed the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday to remove to district court a lawsuit brought in a state venue by local Maryland governments that alleges the companies lied about fossil fuels' effects on the climate to promote sales, arguing the claims encompass actions taken at the direction of the federal government.
December 04, 2023
The Fourth Circuit's December argument lineup will find the court considering climate science suits brought by Maryland municipalities against oil giants, while also reviewing a $4.6 million employment discrimination judgment against a hospital and a $1 billion lawsuit over the Rockefeller Foundation's alleged role in a medical experiment that infected Guatemalan people with syphilis decades ago.