Symposium - Global Warming in the Courts

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Global Warming in the Courts: An Overview of Current Litigation and Common Legal Issues

For Immediate Release
November 2, 2006

Contact:
Kara Tershel
Elissa Free
(202) 662-9500

Media Advisory
WHAT:	Symposium: "Global Warming in the Courts: An Overview of Current Litigation and Common Legal Issues"
WHEN:	Friday, November 10, 2006, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Georgetown University Law Center Hotung Building – Room 2000 550 First Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Please use the Tower Green entrance
SCHEDULE:	9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Introduction Justin Pidot, Fellow, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Panel One: Massachusetts v. EPA Lisa Heinzerling, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center William Pedersen, Principal, Law Offices of William Pedersen, and Former Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Neil Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Office of the Attorney General Peter Glaser, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Panel Two: Sources of Global Warming Litigation Michael Rubin, Assistant Attorney General, Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General Stuart Drake, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Cynthia Williams, Professor, University of Illinois College of Law Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director, Center for Food Safety & International Center for Technology Assessment
NOTE:	The first panel will examine Massachusetts v. EPA, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case involving global warming and the Clean Air Act. The second panel will explore current and potential sources of global warming litigation, including common law nuisance doctrine, the National Environmental Policy Act, federal preemption doctrine, and corporate liability. This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute (GELPI), and is being held in conjunction with GELPI’s release of a report about the global warming lawsuits currently on the dockets of the federal and state courts. Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.