- A U.S. federal judge in Dallas today ordered the Massachusetts attorney general to appear for a deposition in ExxonMobil's (NYSE:XOM) lawsuit over the state's investigation into the company's climate change records.
- New York's attorney general, who is running a parallel investigation into XOM, was added to the company’s lawsuit last week and is fighting to avoid being deposed, but was "advised" today by the judge to also appear in Dallas.
- XOM is seeking an injunction barring the enforcement of subpoenas the AGs issued demanding documents relating to climate change research and investor communications stretching back decades.
- “We have no choice but to defend ourselves against politically motivated investigations that are biased, in bad faith and without legal merit,” XOM says.
- A former Maryland attorney general - who is not involved in this case - calls "unprecedented" the judge's move to allow a company under investigation by a state to sue and win permission to question law enforcement officers.
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