"The Escalating Risks of Climate Litigation for Corporations" by Lisa Benjamin

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The Escalating Risks of Climate Litigation for Corporations

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Lisa Benjamin, Associate Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
Sara L. Seck, Schulich School of Law and Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Keywords

Climate Change Litigation,
Corporate Responsibility,
Human Rights,
United States of America

Disciplines

Business Organizations Law,
Courts,
Environmental Law,
Human Rights Law,
International Law,
Jurisdiction,
Law and
Litigation

Abstract

Corporations will face new and increasingly diversified litigation efforts around climate liability, including human-rights-based claims like those in the Royal Dutch Shell decision.

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Lisa Benjamin & Sara L Seck, "The Escalating Risks of Climate Litigation for Corporations" (2021) 18:1 SciTech Lawyer 10.