Texas trial court recognizes potential application of "public trust" doctrine to redress climate change *

USA - July 17 2012
In statements that, to some, may represent a "shot heard 'round the world" in climate change litigation, a Texas state trial judge recently recognized that the "public trust" doctrine potentially required the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to take action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Co-authors: Richard Faulk.

Insurance regulation in the Dodd-Frank Act *

USA - September 7 2010
For the most part, the insurance industry largely escaped the wrath of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — the federal financial reforms that passed on July 21, 2010, as a result of what Congress called "the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression."

Co-authors: Kimberly Yelkin.