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Agency Delegation to External Parties: An Unexplored Challenge Benjamin Lehman The Supreme Court recently declined to grant cert in Texas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a case from the 5th Circuit. However, three justices said the decision was driven by threshold issues of mootness and statutes of limitations, but they would grant review on the… Continue reading Lehman – Spring 2022

Walmart’s Liabilities Under the HWCL: A California Case Study Rita Elfarissi In December 2021, the California Attorney General along with approximately a dozen district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Walmart.[1]  The complaint alleges Walmart dumped nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste from more than 300 stores in California landfills throughout the state every year over… Continue reading Elfarissi – Spring 2022

EV Tax Credits and the Shift Towards Electrification Kate Meulemans As Americans begin to the shift toward cleaner energy, the demand for electric vehicles has skyrocketed, but not without a similar spike in the political attitude surrounding electric cars. Switching from gas to electric cars is no longer just a fad among progressive elites and… Continue reading Meulemans – Spring 2022

Climate Torts Against Big Agriculture Shanthi Chackalackal Over the past two decades, the way society has discussed what was once referred to as “global warming” has evolved dramatically, becoming “climate change,” “the climate crisis,” and most recently, “the climate emergency.” This new sense of urgency reflects more than just rhetorical flourish; underlying it are the… Continue reading Chackalackal – Spring 2022

SEC Focus on Climate Change Risk and Disclosure Kathleen Lok As environmental concerns continue to rise, investors and companies have continued to contend with how to report the impact of climate related risks on their business. Currently, the SEC does not require any specific environmental risk reporting, and instead bases disclosures on materiality.[1] This lack… Continue reading Lok – Fall 2022

A Hundred-Year Storm that Happens Every Five Years: Encouraging Detroit to Fix its Infrastructure and Changing the Liability Standard Jennifer Meer In June 2021, Detroit experienced one of the heaviest rains the area had seen since August 2014—though there had been at least four other incidents of extreme rainfall within the past five years.[i] The… Continue reading Meer – Fall 2022