''People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.'' was a

lawsuit - A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. The term "lawsuit" is used in reference to a civil act ...

filed on October 24, 2018, in the

New York Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. (Its Appellate Division is also the highest intermediate appellate court.) It is vested with unlimited civ ...

. The suit alleges fraud by

Exxon Mobil Corporation ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30 ...

to mislead the company's investors about management of risks posed by

climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...

. On November 15, 2018, the court signed a preliminary conference order scheduling the trial to begin in 2019. The trial began before Judge Barry Ostrager, with opening statements by both sides. According to the ''New York Times'', the case was "only the second climate change lawsuit to reach trial in the United States." The New York Attorney General dropped two of the four counts regarding civil fraud after admitting there was insufficient evidence to support the charges. Justice Ostrager found for Exxon Mobil on the remaining counts accusing it of fraud.

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