New York’s attorney general sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday, alleging that the world’s largest oil company for years misled investors about the risks of climate change regulations on its business. The suit, filed in New York Supreme Court, New York County, seeks undisclosed damages, a court order for a review of the company’s representations, and that the company corrects “numerous misrepresentations” to investors. It alleges Exxon assured investors it had properly evaluated the impact of climate regulations on its business using a “proxy cost” for the likely effects of future events on its business. However, these proxy figures frequently were not used in its internal planning or cost assumptions, […]