Amici For Exxon Mobil Say State Lacks Jurisdiction For Investigation

(October 22, 2018, 11:10 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar say in amicus curiae briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 11 that the high court should review a ruling by the Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court that is allowing the state’s attorney general to investigate Exxon Mobil Corp.’s knowledge about the relationship between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change because there are insufficient contacts between the energy company and the state (Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Maura Healey, No. 18-311, U.S. Sup.)....