Ninth Circuit denies challenges to FERC’s market-based *

USA - October 18 2011
Since the early 1990s, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has allowed sellers that lack (or have adequately mitigated) market power to make wholesale sales of electric energy, capacity, and certain ancillary services at market-based rates.

Co-authors: David G Tewksbury, Neil Levy, Grace Su .

FDA lacks authority to enjoin traditional animal drug compounding *

USA - September 19 2011
On September 12, 2011, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order denying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for an injunction barring Franck’s Lab, a Floridabased pharmacy, from engaging in traditional, state-licensed bulk compounding of animal drugs and granting Franck’s motion for summary judgment.

Co-authors: Alan R Dial, Jeffrey S Bucholtz, Mark S. Brown, Amanda J Klingler .

Supreme Court issues decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut *

USA - June 21 2011
Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting an attempt to hold private companies liable in tort for greenhouse gas emissions alleged to contribute to global climate change.

Co-authors: Cynthia A.M. Stroman, Patricia T. Barmeyer, Tracie J. Renfroe , Jonathan L Marsh.