• What happened: Chicago is the latest city to hop on the climate nuisance litigation train.
• ICYMI: Courts have ruled time and time again that public nuisance only applies to actions–not products. But that hasn’t stopped the proliferation of climate nuisance lawsuits–encouraged by plaintiffs lawyers–across the country. Find out more in the TLR Advocate
• It’s cookie-cutter: Dozens of municipalities, cities and states have filed public nuisance lawsuits against energy companies seeking massive payouts and attempting to circumvent the appropriate legislative process for implementing major public policy.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court declined to remove California’s climate nuisance lawsuit from state to federal court, paving the way for a surge in similar litigation around the country.
• TLR Thoughts: The widespread surge of nuisance litigation poses a significant threat to various industries and our national economy, putting the courts—rather than the appropriate legislative or regulatory bodies—in the driver’s seat for determining national public policy.

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