On Earth Day, we celebrate the beauty of our planet and highlight the need to preserve and protect it. Manufacturers hope Earth Day can also be an occasion to embrace cooperative solutions to the global environmental challenges we all face and to acknowledge the critical role our industry will play. All too often discussions about ….
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The Manufacturers’ Accountability Project is highlighting key developments in the fight against baseless climate litigation. The MAP has posted several recaps covering a recent congressional hearing on state and local officials’ efforts to combat climate change and two key reports from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform on the trend of public nuisance litigation ….
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The concerning trend of public nuisance litigation against manufacturers across the country “warrants close scrutiny,” as these municipal suits “have a number of significant consequences beyond the outcomes of individual cases,” argues a recent report from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, “Mitigating Municipality Litigation: Scope and Solutions.” “The incentives that drive municipal litigation ….
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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing focusing on state and local officials’ efforts to combat the impacts of climate change. The mayors and county commissioner who appeared made it clear that in order to effectively mitigate the effects of climate change, emphasis needs to be placed ….
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The ongoing surge in public nuisance litigation filed against manufacturers by municipalities across the United States is a “uniquely potent weapon” when wielded improperly by governmental entities and the trial lawyers representing them, according to a recent report by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. “Waking the Litigation Monster: The Misuse of Public Nuisance” explains ….
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In a Politico Magazine op-ed following the Green New Deal’s 57-0 defeat in the U.S. Senate, Ross Eisenberg, vice president of energy and resources policy at the National Association of Manufacturers, offers substantive solutions that Congress could pursue to act on climate change and help manufacturers continue to lead the way in reducing greenhouse gas ….
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To date, the string of misguided public nuisance lawsuits filed in multiple states has singled out only energy manufacturers. Yet they threaten to envelop the broader manufacturing sector, given their broad interpretation of the public nuisance legal theory, which, if accepted by the courts, could expose other manufacturers to liability in the future for merely ….
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As the National Association of Attorneys General gathers in Washington, D.C., this week, the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) would like to recognize staunch allies in the effort to defend manufacturers against misguided climate change lawsuits. A strong coalition of state attorneys general has been vocal in opposing these lawsuits, filing amicus briefs in several of ….
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The National Association of Manufacturers filed an amicus brief Thursday in support of the energy manufacturers defending themselves against a baseless climate change lawsuit brought by New York City. The case was initially dismissed from federal court last July, a decision that was then appealed by the city and is now being heard by the ….
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Over the past two years, manufacturers have faced an onslaught of baseless litigation generated by trial lawyers seeking huge contingency fees and public officials who are putting politics above the law. In 2018, lawsuits targeting energy producers were filed by 14 municipalities, one state and a group of Pacific coast fishermen. Also, two state attorneys ….
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