1:18-cv-00182-JFK (S.D.N.Y. May 4, 2018)
Firm: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz
Issue Area: Environment, Climate, & Fossil Fuels
Wachtell defended ConocoPhillips in an action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.
"[A]s Judge Easterbrook explained in rejecting the same argument made against the tobacco companies, there is “no rule of law [that] requires persons whose acts cause harm to cover all of the costs, unless these acts were legal wrongs.” Int’l Bhd. of Teamsters, Local 734 Health & Welfare Tr. Fund v. Philip Morris Inc., 196 F.3d 818, 823 (7th Cir. 1999)."