"A lower court judge in Los Angeles, finding that Exxon had no obligation to tell Bins anything until the plan was ready for final decision, threw the case out.... [T]he Ninth Circuit, sitting in a thirteen judge 'en banc' panel overturned the lower court, ruling that Exxon was obliged to answer Bins' questions 'completely' and 'truthfully' as soon as the plan was first 'seriously considered' by the senior Exxon managers who would carry it out."  MORE >>