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• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  District of Columbia files lawsuit against oil majors for “misleading” consumers con climate change

  

  The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, BP, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell for “systematically and intentionally misleading” consumers about the role their products play in causing climate change, the latest action by a US attorney general against the oil and gas industry.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  United States prosecutor suing Facebook for the Cambridge Analytical scandal

  

  Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.