Massachusetts High Court Allows Attorney General’s Investigation Of Exxon Mobil

(April 13, 2018, 1:53 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A panel of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on April 13 affirmed a lower court judge’s ruling denying Exxon Mobil Corp.’s request to quash the state’s attorney general’s civil investigative demand (CID) for documents related to the company’s knowledge about fossil fuels and climate change, finding that she has personal jurisdiction over the case because the company has rights to control more than 300 retail franchisees in the state (Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Attorney General, No. SJC-12376, Mass. Sup.)....