ExxonMobil’s claim that Texas law protecting accountant-client privileges should be able to block a subpoena by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman‘s office took another step back Tuesday.

A panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, refused to quash Schneiderman’s request for documents from PriceWaterhouseCooper related to ExxonMobil, upholding a lower court ruling that stated Texas law didn’t apply in New York cases.

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