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E&E News
3 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
Top lawyer in climate litigation elected to Harvard board
An attorney who has represented Exxon Mobil in its fight against lawsuits that seek to hold the oil and gas industry liable for climate change has been selected as a member of the powerful body that oversees Harvard University. Kannon Shanmugam, who leads the Supreme Court practice at the firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, will join the Harvard Corp. as its newest member on July 1. Shanmugam has represented Exxon in its push to quash the raft of lawsuits for nearly a decade, arguing before the Colorado Supreme Court in February that a lawsuit filed by the city of Boulder should be rejected. Advertisement Shanmugam's election to the Harvard board comes as the school is under attack by the Trump administration, which has moved to cancel the school's federal funding and prevent it from enrolling foreign students.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Harvard Corp. Picks Paul Weiss Lawyer Shanmugam as Newest Member
Harvard Corp., the powerful body that oversees the richest and oldest US university, selected lawyer Kannon Shanmugam to serve as a member as the school faces unprecedented attacks from the US government. Shanmugam, who graduated from Harvard College and its law school, is succeeding Ted Wells, also a lawyer, who is stepping down at the end of June after 12 years service, Harvard said in a statement Thursday.
