The justices declined to hear Exxon’s appeal of a ruling by the top court in Massachusetts holding that state Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat, had jurisdiction to seek records to probe whether the company misled consumers and investors. The Attorney General’s Office has the authority to investigate Exxon’s conduct toward consumers and investors, and we are proceeding. The Attorney General’s Office has the authority to investigate Exxon’s conduct and we are proceeding. Those news reports, by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times, were based on documents from the 1970s and 1980s. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in April held that jurisdiction existed because of Exxon’s control over advertising conducted for about 300 franchise gas stations operating under the Exxon and Mobil brands in Massachusetts.

Source: Huffington Post January 08, 2019 07:41 UTC