COVID-19 and Title IX: Fall 2020 Athletic Disparities in the Big Ten and Pac-12
by Laura Miller* In analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic, many articles have been written on how this pandemic has uniquely impacted women, in terms of…
View ArticleThe Origins of Federal Wildlife Regulation under the Commerce Clause
by Kathryn E. Kovacs[*] This post is published as part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. The original post can be found here. June 8, 2020, marked…
View ArticleGround Water Sustainability vs. Common Law Water Rights: Why the Two Do Not...
California is not new to droughts. The four-year period between fall 2011 and fall 2015 was the driest since recordkeeping began.1 Governor Brown declared a…
View ArticleAddressing Climate Change through Federal Fleets
By John Ryan* On January 27, 2021, just a week after his inauguration, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at…
View ArticleMarin City: A Case Study Highlighting Environmental Justice Laws Lack of...
Image Credit: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons by Emily Luster* Marin City, California is an unincorporated community in Marin...
View ArticleTRANSPARENCY IN REGULATORY SCIENCE — FOR WHOM?
* by Lilly Leibu This post is published as part of the Environmental Law Review Syndicate. INTRODUCTION Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Andrew…
View ArticleMeme Stocks: A New Challenge for the SEC
* By: Lara Ryan On January 27, 2021, the White House and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that they were “monitoring” volatility in…
View ArticleFines, Fees, and Reputational Damage: Corporate Trouble with Hazardous Waste...
* By: Rita Elfarissi In December 2021, the California Attorney General along with approximately a dozen district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Walmart.[1] The complaint…
View ArticleAgency Delegation to External Parties: An Unexplored Challenge
* By: Benjamin Lehman The Supreme Court recently declined to grant cert in Texas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a case from the 5th Circuit.…
View ArticleHowling at the Government: The Fight to Get Wolves Back on the Endangered...
* By Taylor Hopkins In Ojibwe, an Indigenous language spoken by the Anishinaabe people, the word for “wolf” is Ma’iingan.[1] When describing the significance of…
View ArticleEminent Domain and Ethanol: Farmland Seizures and Carbon Sequestration in Iowa
* By: Ian Klopfenstein According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), carbon sequestration is the process of capturing and storing atmospheric CO2.[1] This occurs through…
View ArticleThe “Scales” of Justice: Tribal Fishing Rights and Federal Law
* By Jeffrey Ma In Canada, the rights of Indigenous people to hunt and fish have long been subject to litigation in both the Supreme…
View ArticleMicroplastics: Narrow Statutory Language and Broad Scientific Problems
* By: Allison Goldman The term microplastics came into existence in 2004, when a research team from the University of Plymouth published their discovery and…
View ArticleStates Challenge the Constitutionality of the American Rescue Plan
* By: Edward Plaut The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a major legislative accomplishment of the Biden Administration. The $1.9 trillion bill provides an…
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View ArticleLok – Fall 2022
SEC Focus on Climate Change Risk and DisclosureKathleen Lok As environmental concerns continue to rise, investors and companies have continued to contend with how to report the impact of climate...
View ArticleChackalackal – Spring 2022
Climate Torts Against Big AgricultureShanthi Chackalackal Over the past two decades, the way society has discussed what was once referred to as “global warming” has evolved dramatically, becoming...
View ArticleMeulemans – Spring 2022
EV Tax Credits and the Shift Towards ElectrificationKate Meulemans As Americans begin to the shift toward cleaner energy, the demand for electric vehicles has skyrocketed, but not without a similar...
View ArticleElfarissi – Spring 2022
Walmart’s Liabilities Under the HWCL: A California Case StudyRita Elfarissi In December 2021, the California Attorney General along with approximately a dozen district attorneys filed a lawsuit against...
View ArticleLehman – Spring 2022
Agency Delegation to External Parties: An Unexplored ChallengeBenjamin Lehman The Supreme Court recently declined to grant cert in Texas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a case from the 5th...
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