Recorded Webinar—Climate Change Regulation by Litigation: Wise Use, or Misuse, of State and Local Resources?

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Panelists:
Phil Goldberg, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Matthew Mailloux, Policy Advisor, ClearPath
Sarah E. Hunt, President, Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy

Description:
After recent developments at the U.S. Supreme Court, state and local climate-change-related lawsuits will now head to state courts around the country, with potentially more tort and consumer protection claims to follow. Our panelists will survey the climate litigation landscape; discuss whether this case-by-case approach, as well as the use of novel legal theories, is a viable climate-protection strategy; and assess available alternative approaches that cities and states could pursue.

Speakers' Biographies

Phil Goldberg

Phil is office managing partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.'s Washington, DC office and is co-chair of its Public Policy Practice Group. In 2015, Phil worked with the Progressive Policy Institute to establish its Center for Civil Justice, which provides a center-left voice on important civil justice issues. In 2019, he was named special counsel to a project of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturers Accountability Project to educate the public policy and legal community on why litigation against energy manufacturers over climate change is misguided. In 2020, the International Association of Defense Counsel tapped him as chair of the group’s Amicus Committee. He also has been a member of the American Law Institute since 2012, providing input on several Restatement projects.

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Matthew Mailloux

Matt is a Policy Advisor at ClearPath leading the organization’s federal permitting and tax portfolios. In this role, Matt works across ClearPath’s suite of technology areas to shape legislative and regulatory efforts, including new policy development, and responding to administrative proposals. He joined ClearPath in 2021 from the Office of New Hampshire Governor Christopher T. Sununu, where he served as State Budget Director and previously as the Governor’s energy advisor.

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Sarah E. Hunt

Sarah is President of the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy, where she leads public policy research and leadership development programs by and for women, minorities, and mavericks. Prior to founding the Rainey Center, Sarah launched a clean energy program at the American Legislative Exchange Council and a climate change program at the Niskanen Center. Early in her career she served as Manager, State Issues and Ethics Officer at the consulting firm Stateside Associates and practiced political law at a boutique law firm in the Pacific Northwest.

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Recorded Webinar—Climate Change Regulation by Litigation: Wise Use, or Misuse, of State and Local Resources?

Webinar

Speakers' Biographies

Phil Goldberg

Matthew Mailloux

Sarah E. Hunt

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