TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 8, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal of venue change in a lawsuit accusing Exxon, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute of worsening climate change. The refusal to hear the appeal sends the suit back to the state court in Minnesota. The court has similarly rejected appeals in cases in California, Colorado, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Maryland and elsewhere. The justices also rejected an appeal by X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, to consider whether the social media company can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security investigations. Additionally, the court rejected an appeal from Intel and Edwards Lifesciences to revive part of their lawsuit challenging a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy that reduced the number of patents the federal agency reviews. Reuters has more in depth coverage of the decisions.