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The Liability Of Lawyers For Fraud Under The Federal And State Securities Laws The Second Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility., Kathy Patrick

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

The Cost Of Humanitarian Assistance: Ethical Rules And The First Amendment The Second Annual Symposium On Legal Malpractice & Professional Responsibility., Jack P. Sahl

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Insurance Companies Use Of Captive Or In-House Counsel To Represent Insured Constitutes The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: Is American Home The Right Decision For Texas Comment., Daniel M. Martinez

St. Mary's Law Journal

Insurance companies should not be allowed to continue the practice of hiring in-house or captive counsel to defend against a claim covered by their insurance policy. Under a typical liability insurance policy, the insurer has a duty to defend. When legal counsel is retained, the insurer pays for the representation and has a contractual right to control the defense. This places defense counsel in a precarious situation because he or she has to balance the contractual obligations to the insurer against his or her ethical responsibilities to the insured. The defense counsel may be exposed to a malpractice claim by …

Jury Patriotism: The Jury System Should Be Improved For Texans Called To Serve., K. B. Battaglini, Mark A. Behrens, Cary Silverman

St. Mary's Law Journal

Many citizens seem to embrace the jury system, so long as they do not have to participate. The reason for this is not that most citizens are “un-American” but rather the burden jury duty imposes on potential jurors. Texans, in general, continue to overwhelmingly support the jury system. Yet, many citizens fail to appear for jury duty when summoned or strive to get out of jury duty after entering the courthouse. Most of these individuals do not lack a sense of civic duty. Rather, they are discouraged from jury service due to the hardship and headache imposed by an antiquated …

Dealing With Default Judgements., Julia F. Pendrey, Shawn M. Mccaskill, Hilaree A. Casada

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Punitive Damages In Texas: Examining The Need For A Split-Recovery Statute., Meredith Matheson Thoms

St. Mary's Law Journal

As a result of the increasing number and amounts of punitive damage awards, a call for reform is much warranted. Reformers and legislators continue to seek out measures to effectively limit excessive punitive damage awards and deter unnecessary and frivolous litigation. But they must consider not only the effects of the statutes but also the purposes they will serve. Split-recovery statutes can become valuable reform tool which will continue to serve the goals of punishment and retribution attached to punitive damages as well as deterrence. Split-recovery statutes arguably enlarge government, but they also serve a valuable purpose in furthering the …

Private Lawyers And Environmental Justice, Michael B. Gerrard

Faculty Scholarship

A private lawyer representing a private client is seldom a crusader. When environmental justice is relevant to a particular matter – the client proposes to build a facility and engages the lawyer to help secure necessary governmental approvals, for example-the lawyer's primary duty must be to the client.

The client in such a case faces two primary types of questions: substantive, such as where and how to build the facility; and procedural, deciding what processes to follow and how much to involve the community in the planning. Typically, by the time the lawyer is brought in, the client already has …

Solid Waste Agency Of Northern Cook County V. U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers: Isolated Waters, Migratory Birds, Statutory And Constitutional Interpretation, Edward A. Fitzgerald

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Federalism In The Forest: National Versus State Natural Resource Policy, By Tomas M. Koontz, Heather Wight-Axling

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Revisiting Rcra's Oilfield Waste Exemption As To Certain Hazardous Oilfield Exploration And Production Wastes, James R. Cox

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Special Issues In Environmental Law Involving Federal Agencies, William A. Wilcox Jr.

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

The Meshing Of New York City's Transportation Plans And Clean Air Act Requirements Following September 11, 2001, Karen L. Alfieri, Christina Breslin

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Kootenai Tribe Of Idaho V. Veneman: The Roadless Rule: Dead End Or Never Ending Road, Kristine Meindl

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Timpanogos Tribe V. Conway: Fishing For An Exception To State Sovereign Immunity In Natural Resource Regulation, Susan R. Fiorentino

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

United States V. Shell Oil: When Control Is Not Controlling - The Question Of Federal Arranger Liability Under Cercla, Walter Greiner

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

National Parks And Conservation Association V. Babbitt: Titanic Mess, Restricting Cruise Ships In Order To Protect Glacier Bay, Monica Mintz

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Nema V. Sorrell: It's Lights Out For The National Electrical Manufacturers Association - A Look At Nema's Failed Commerce Clause Challenge, Joshua B. Ryan

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law, Congress, And The Court's New Federalism Doctrine, Christopher H. Schroeder

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.

Novel Issues, Futile Issues, And Appelate Advocacy: The Troubling Lessons Of Bousley V. United States., Henry J. Bemporad, Sarah P. Kelly

St. Mary's Law Journal

Bousley v. United States may require appellate attorneys to raise meritless claims in order to preserve them for habeas review in the event of a change in the law. Bousley is a habeas corpus case involving the “procedural default” doctrine. The doctrine states that a prisoner may only raise issues that have been adequately preserved, and if not preserved, they have defaulted on their claims. Bousley looked with critical hindsight at the decisions made by appellate counsel and punished the defendant for their lawyer’s failure to preserve an issue rejected by eleven courts of appeals—including the court before which the …

The Environmental Commerce Clause, Christine A. Klein

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article studies every commerce clause decision of the modem Supreme Court that involves the scope of governmental authority to regulate the use of natural resources. These decisions comprise what I will call the environmental commerce clause—the Court's interpretation of the limits mandated by the commerce clause upon federal and state legislation protecting natural resources. Overall, the Court has been limiting the scope of the affirmative commerce clause while simultaneously expanding the reach of the dormant commerce clause. As a result, both federal and state efforts to protect the natural environment have been rendered constitutionally suspect.

This study supports two …

In Search Of An Environmental Ethic, Alyson C. Flournoy

UF Law Faculty Publications

A preliminary analysis of several core environmental provisions suggests that the mix of values embedded in our environmental statutes is substantially similar to the values found in the common law and non-environmental statutes. That is, the environmental statutes tend to reflect human concerns that predate any dawning of environmental awareness -- with only a modest introduction of new values or reasons for caring that are uniquely attributable to concern for the human relationship to the environment. If this is true, it seems to undermine a tenet of the public debate. It may call into question the very naming of these …

Volume 3, Issue 2, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Epa’S Administrative Compliance Orders Ruled Unconstitutional, Mary Margaret Mccleroy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Empowering The Wind: Overcoming Obstacles To Wind Energy Development In The United States, Dave Newman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

International Calendar, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Epa’S Administrative Compliance Orders Ruled Unconstitutional, Mary Margaret Mccleroy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Multilateral Environmental Agreements & World Trade, Melanie Nakagawa

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

David, Goliath And The Beach Cleaning Machine: How A Small California Town Fought An Oil Giant—And Won! By Barbara Wolcott, Matt Brown

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

International Calendar, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

The International Significance Of An Instance Of Urban Environmental Inequity In Tijauna, Mexico , Tseming Yang

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Environmental equity problems are not exclusive to any one nation. With a lack of regulations, communities of color and poor, and the prevalence of social marginalization, issues of environmental inequality may occur even more vividly in countries with this climate. In Tijuana, Mexico, Metales y Derivados, an abandoned lead smelter, left its surrounding community, Colonia Cilpancingo, with a litany of health related issues and a hunt for justice from its failure to act with appropriate environmental stewardship. Having gained attention in the international news and exposing a failure of regulatory policies and transnational exploitation, Metales is an example of the …