Joseph N. Parson

Sep 13, 2024 | lexology.com | Noel Francisco |David Kiernan |Andy Stanton |Joseph N. Parson |Daniella A. Einik

On July 10, 2024, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge dismissed a complaint brought by the City of Baltimore against 25 fossil fuel manufacturers, seeking to hold them liable on numerous state-law theories, including for alleged misrepresentations about the effects on their products on the climate, and to abate various asserted effects of climate change on Baltimore.

Jul 31, 2024 | lexology.com | Daniella A. Einik |Noel Francisco |David Kiernan |David Morrell |Andy Stanton |Joseph N. Parson

In City of Baltimore v. BP, et al., court holds that nuisance and tort claims are preempted by federal law and beyond the limits of state law. On July 10, 2024, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by the City of Baltimore against 25 fossil fuel manufacturers seeking to hold them liable on numerous state-law theories, including for alleged misrepresentations about the effects of their products on the climate.