Publications, Presentations & News 

 

  • New York Legalization of Adult-Use Cannabis Presents Environmental Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Law in New York, November 2021]
  • Implementing the New York Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act: Environmental and Local Government Issues [New York State Bar Association Environment & Energy Section, October 23, 2021]
  • The Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act Approach to Environmental and Sustainability Issues [New York State Cannabis Expo & Conference, Albany NY October 17, 2021]
  • Local Government Role in New York Adult Use Cannabis [New York Planning Federation Planning News, Summer 2021]
  • Legal Pot Industry Bugged by Lack of Pesticide Guidance in The New York Environmental Lawyer (Fall 2017)
  • Bees Getting Stung: Law And Science Uncertain, Food At Risk in Law360 (July 17, 2015)
  • Chinese Pesticide Firms Aim To Grow US Market Share, People’s Daily Online, Quoted (August 16, 2013)
  • China Has Big Aspirations For American Pesticide Market, International Business Times, Quoted (August 2, 2013)
  • Sullivan & Worcester Environmental Attorneys Named 2013 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, The Washington Post Magazine (April 28, 2013)
  • Hydrofracking Fight Drills Toward the End, New York Press (July 12, 2012)
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP Bolsters Environment, Energy & Natural Resources and International Groups with Addition of Premier Pesticide Law Group, S&W Press Release (April 18, 2012)
  • Welcome to America, AGROW Magazine, Publisher Informa, London, U.K. (April 2008)
  • US — Land of Opportunity? AGROW Magazine, Publisher Informa, London, U.K. (January 2007)
  • Developing First Amendment Protections for Pesticide Brand Names, Label Statements and Product Claims, Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right to Know Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association Section on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (November 2002)

Client Advisories [Issued while at Sullivan & Worcester LP]

 

  • Federal Court Rules that Dairy Farm’s Mismanagement of Cow Manure Violates Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • Rail Shipping of Crude Oil Continues to Generate Controversy and Regulatory Attention
  • Significant Impacts of Major Accidents of Crude Oil Rail Shipments Prompt Broad International Public and Regulatory Attention on Safety
  • The Supreme Court of the United States Will Consider Application of CERCLA Limitations Period to State Tort Law Claims
  • Federal Appeals Court Muddies the Waters: Finds that EPA has the Last Word on Disposal Site Selection Even After Army Corps’ Issuance of a Section 404 Permit
  • Supreme Court Accepts Case Regarding the Reach of Monsanto’s Intellectual Property Rights to Second Generation Seeds
  • Pets, Pesticides and Drugs: The Federal Trade Commission Focuses on Companion Pet Pharmaceutical Distribution Issues