Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a federal antitrust lawsuit (PDF) against BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute alleging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act.
The Attorney General alleges the defendants acted as a cartel in an unlawful conspiracy in restraint of trade to forestall meaningful competition from renewable energy in order to maintain their dominance in the transportation energy market and primary energy markets in Michigan and nationally in order to reap windfall, and illegal, profits.
This has caused Michigan residents to suffer artificially high home and transportation energy costs. Michigan consumers remain locked in transportation and energy markets that rely on dated and expensive technologies, and lack renewable, cost-efficient energy sources because defendants have illegally conspired to suppress the conditions for their deployment and adoption, eliminating consumer choice and worsening the energy affordability crisis facing the people of Michigan.
In May of 2024, the Michigan Department of Attorney General began seeking proposals from attorneys and law firms to serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General to pursue litigation related to the climate change impacts caused by the fossil fuel industry on behalf of the People of Michigan. This effort started as an investigation into the financial impacts to Michigan from the fossil fuel industry’s persistent coverup and deception about climate change, however, efforts instead uncovered one of the most successful antitrust conspiracies in United States history that is now the subject of the Attorney General’s lawsuit.
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Thursday, May 9, 2024 |
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Attorney General Retains DiCello Levitt, Sher Edling and Hausfeld as Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGs) |
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 |
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Friday, January 23, 2026 |
This request for proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals from attorneys and law firms to serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General (SAAGs) to pursue litigation related to the climate change impacts caused by the fossil fuel industry on behalf of the State of Michigan through the Department of Attorney General (DAG) (together, the State) on a contingency fee basis.
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This RFP is divided into the following parts:
