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Electric Utilities And Distributed Energy Resources - Opportunities And Challenges, Jeff Winmill

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law

This Article explores the key business and regulatory issues associated with utility investments in DERs, as well as important considerations for regulators seeking to strike the appropriate balance between DER services provided by third parties and DER services provided by utilities. Part I provides a brief overview of the electric utility industry, and the growth and impact of DERs in recent years. Part II analyzes two emergent distributed technologies––solar photovoltaics (PV) and distributed storage––as well as utility efforts to invest in these technologies. And Part III concludes with a discussion of two different regulatory models for addressing utility-ownership of DERs: …

"Green" Performance: The Future Of Performance-Based Executive Compensation?, Ben Schwefel

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law

Although sustainability performance appears to be a logical extension of the traditional performance-based compensation model, the effect and result of such performance remains unclear and untested across the market. The adoption of broad-based sustainability performance measures may be dangerous because, often times, these measures are tailored to the corporation and may decrease total shareholder return in the short run. Regardless of whether or not the corporation decides to introduce these measures, their effect on total shareholder return and other corporate interests requires an individualized analysis.
Part II of this Comment discusses the current state of executive compensation, including the use …

Solar Energy, Utilities, And Fairness, Troy A. Rule

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law

This Article analyzes the primary fairness arguments that utilities are leveling against net metering programs and electricity rate designs as rooftop solar energy expands across the country. By categorizing and more thoroughly evaluating these arguments, this Article seeks to enhance the dialogue between utilities, legislators, state regulators, and the solar energy industry over how to best orchestrate the nation’s shift toward more sustainable electricity strategies.
Part II of this Article describes how net metering programs and other factors are spurring dramatic growth in distributed solar energy generation in the United States and how utilities are increasingly lobbying for policy changes …

Getting To Utility 2.0: Rebooting The Retail Electric Utility In The U.S., James M. Van Nostrand

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law

This Article examines the drivers for this perceived need to revisit the utility business model, focusing primarily on the declining cost of DG resources and the resilience benefits of DG resources in addressing the impact of future extreme weather events. Second, this article reviews the various “Utility 2.0” proceedings underway across the United States, and the common themes emerging from those proceedings. The third section of the Article discusses the possible approaches to a utility business model, based on experience in wholesale and retail electricity markets in the United States and Europe. Fourth, this Article will examine lessons learned regarding …

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The Occupation Of Truth, John Dever, James Dever

MC Law Review

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Three Rules For Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers, Michael D. Cicchini

MC Law Review

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A Decade Examined: A Review Of The Recovery Under Mississippi's Civil Justice Reforms, David F. Maron, Samuel D. Gregory

MC Law Review

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Four For The Fifth: The First Mississippi Judges On The Fifth Circuit, Leslie H. Southwick

MC Law Review

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Alligators For Christmas: Liability For Wild Animals In The Context Of Private Nuisance, T. Alexandra Parker

MC Law Review

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Reclaiming Mediation’S Future: Re-Focusing On Party Self-Determination, Robert A. Baruch Bush

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

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Unhealthy Determinations: Controlling "Medical Necessity", Janet L. Dolgin

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The notion of medical necessity has been the operative tool through which healthcare coverage determinations in the United States have been rendered and justified. Now, for most people, decisions about coverage translate into decisions about healthcare since few people can afford to pay for their own healthcare. The notion of medical necessity constitutes a necessary component of any healthcare system that is committed to providing high-quality healthcare at a sustainable cost. In practice, however, reliance on medical necessity to determine healthcare coverage is only as productive as the larger health care system within which medical necessity determinations occur. Definitions of …

Intellectual Property Infringement As Vandalism, Irina D. Manta, Robert E. Wagner

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Defenders of strong intellectual property rights often maintain that intellectual property infringement is theft and that the sanctions associated with it ought to be high. Others are skeptical of the property comparison and think that much lower sanctions are appropriate.

In this Article, we argue that a careful analysis demonstrates: 1) that intellectual property infringement can be analogized to a property crime, but 2) that the more analogous crime is vandalism or trespass rather than theft. This categorization takes the rhetorical punch out of the property comparison. In addition to analyzing the natures of the various offenses, this Article investigates …

The Electorate As More Than Afterthought, James Sample

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The article suggests the restoration of voting rights to individuals who, due to felony convictions in the country; discusses the applications of the U.S. Voting Rights Act; and reports the micro-proposals involving the expansion of access to the polls in the country as of October 2015.

Long Live Bohatch: Why A Law Firm Partner Can Be Expelled For Following The Rules Of Professional Conduct, David A. Grenardo

MC Law Review

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Keeping The State’S Secrets: Ireland’S Road From ‘Official’ Secrets To Freedom Of Information, Michael Foley

Books/Book chapters

The introduction of the Freedom of Information act in Ireland in 1997 was a profound change for a state, a civil service and political system far more comfortable with official secrets. It has had a transformational effect on relations between citizen and the state, and has been useful for journalists despite many challenges. After its introduction it was then amended, with high costs and limitations imposed. It has subsequently been amended again to restore much of its previous powers.

Editorial Board

FIU Law Review

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FIU Law Review

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Introduction, Timothy M. Ravich

FIU Law Review

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Commercial Purposes, Governmental Functions, And The Faa’S Regulatory Authority Over Unmanned Public Aircraft Operations In U.S. National Airspace, Douglas M. Marshall, Ernest E. Anderson J.D.

FIU Law Review

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems And Technologies: Challenges And Opportunities For States And Local Governments, Daniel Friedenzohn, Mike Branum

FIU Law Review

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Dronalism: Journalism, Remotely Piloted Aircraft, Law And Regulation, David Goldberg

FIU Law Review

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Federal Preemption Of State Regulation Of Airline Pricing, Routes, And Services: The Airline Deregulation Act, Paul Dempsey

FIU Law Review

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Airline Consolidations And Competition Law—What Next?, Roger W. Fones

FIU Law Review

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The German Air Transport Tax: A Treaty Override Of International Law, Uwe M. Erling

FIU Law Review

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Vanished Planes, Robert M. Jarvis

FIU Law Review

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Sifting Through The Theories: Uncovering The Truth In Foreign Aviation Disasters And Evaluating The Case, Steven C. Marks

FIU Law Review

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Above The Cloud: Enhancing Cybersecurity In The Aerospace Sector, Scott J. Shackelford, Scott Russell J.D.

FIU Law Review

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Safety As A Synergistic Principle In Space Activities, Diane Howard

FIU Law Review

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