Climate Change Science in the Courtroom
Program Number: 2028
Program Date: 06/16/2010
Description
At the heart of any climate change trial will be the presentation of scientific evidence concerning responsibility for climate changes alleged to have had cataclysmic adverse effects on our planet. Join William Ruskin, Sheila Woolson and Aime Dempsey, all attorneys at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., as they focus on the status of the scientific debate in which claims of fraud, spoliation of evidence, and undue influence have become inextricably intertwined with the scientific debate. In addressing key issues about the starting point for an examination of the science and whether the rhetoric can be filtered out of the discussion—or not—our presenters discuss two electrifying Circuit Court of Appeals cases handed down in 2009, Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., et al., 582 F.3d 309 (2d Cir. 2009) and Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., 585 F.3d 855 (5th Cir. 2009), which may set the stage for this litigation in the years to come.
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50 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit
60 minute credit hour - 1 General CLE credit
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California Participatory MCLE Programs
Corporate and Commercial Law
Environmental Law
Federal Courts
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Litigation & Litigation Skills
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Regulatory and Administrative Law
Presenters
Aime Dempsey, Esq. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. |
Aime Dempsey, Esq. is a Senior Attorney in the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. in the Litigation and Labor and Employment practices in the firm's New York office. She concentrates in a wide range of commercial and employment-related matters in federal and state courts, and before arbitration tribunals and administrative agencies, and she has experience handling all phases of litigation, including pretrial motion practice, all aspects of discovery, negotiation of favorable settlements, arbitrations, mediations, participation in jury trials, and post-trial motion and appellate practice. Ms. Dempsey has given CLE-qualified seminars on New York practice. |
William A. Ruskin, Esq. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. |
William A. Ruskin, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. in the Litigation, Real Estate, and Health Care and Life Sciences practices in the firm's New York office. For more than 25 years, Mr. Ruskin has represented chemical manufacturers nationally in matters involving the defense of products liability, toxic tort and environmental actions involving claims of serious injury and damage to persons and property. A frequent speaker on products liability, toxic tort and litigation management issues and the author of numerous published articles, he is also the author of EpsteinBeckerGreen's Toxic Tort Litigation Blog (http://www.toxictortlitigationblog.com). Mr. Ruskin is a certified mediator for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and mediates disputes in that court on a pro bono basis. |
Sheila A. Woolson, Esq. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. |
Sheila A. Woolson, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. in the Labor and Employment and Litigation practices in the firm's Newark office. She focuses her practice on complex litigation matters across a wide array of commercial and employment disputes and draws on her training as a chemist and experience in the pharmaceutical industry in representing clients in the sort of matters involving state and federal environmental disputes, products liability claims, and toxic torts that make her scientific background a real asset. Ms. Woolson, who has authored a variety of articles on legal issues of interest to those facing complex litigation matters, is also a participant in the EBG Women's Initiative, a Member of the firm's National Litigation practice, and a participant in its Toxic Tort and ERISA Group. |
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