{"id":84667,"date":"2017-09-18T17:31:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T21:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84667"},"modified":"2017-09-17T20:43:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T00:43:48","slug":"schneiderman-statement-on-court-of-appeals-victory-in-exxon-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84667","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman statement on Court of Appeals victory in Exxon investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=70131\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-70131\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg 260w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman-150x128.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>The New York Court of Appeals denied Exxon\u2019s request for further review of its claim that an accountant-privilege under Texas law allowed Exxon to withhold documents responsive to a subpoena issued to Exxon\u2019s independent auditor, PwC. The Court of Appeals also dismissed as moot Exxon\u2019s motion for a stay pending appeal. Exxon\u2019s legal claims had been rejected twice previously by lower state courts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwOTEyLjc4MDMzNzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDkxMi43ODAzMzc3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTUwOTA1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nyca_order_list_09_12_17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwOTEyLjc4MDMzNzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDkxMi43ODAzMzc3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTUwOTA1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26100%26%26%26https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/nyca_order_list_09_12_17.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1505763548627000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpmUOGqDjL1E83cz8RfgC75OA32w\">Today\u2019s court order<\/a>\u00a0affirms that PwC must produce all the documents the Attorney General\u2019s office subpoenaed.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cToday\u2019s Court of Appeals order affirms that Exxon and its outside auditor have an obligation to produce all the documents that our office rightfully\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwOTEyLjc4MDMzNzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDkxMi43ODAzMzc3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTUwOTA1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/pwc_subpoena.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwOTEyLjc4MDMzNzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDkxMi43ODAzMzc3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTUwOTA1JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyZ29AbTNwbWVkaWEuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1tYXJnb0BtM3BtZWRpYS5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26101%26%26%26https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/pwc_subpoena.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1505763548628000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwoJAOKvyTB5E1NnBxH129UncfHA\">subpoenaed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs we\u2019ve said from the start, Exxon had no legal basis to interfere with PwC\u2019s production.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur fraud investigation continues to move full speed ahead, despite Exxon\u2019s continued strategy of delay.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Court of Appeals denied Exxon\u2019s request for further review of its claim that an accountant-privilege under Texas law allowed Exxon to withhold documents responsive to a subpoena issued to Exxon\u2019s independent auditor, PwC. The Court of Appeals also dismissed as moot Exxon\u2019s motion for a stay pending appeal. Exxon\u2019s legal claims had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}