Trends and Developments in Energy and Environmental Law
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- California’s Proposition 65
- International Biotechnology Law and Policy
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Bar Admissions
Education
LLM, Yale University, 1989
PhD, University of Amsterdam, 1988
MD, University of Amsterdam, 1988
JD, University of Amsterdam, 1985
Areas of Practice
- California’s Proposition 65
- International Biotechnology Law and Policy
Professional Career
Articles
- Reformed TSCA and REACH: How Do They Compare?, Chemical Risk Manager
- Unbiased Safety Through Procedural Safeguards in TTIP, Atlantic-Community.org
- The EU should wrest back leadership on climate change from the courts
- The Privacy Fallacy: Adverse Effects of Europe's Data Protection Policy in an Information-Driven Economy, Computer Law & Security Report
- Does REACH have a 'chilling effect' on trade and investment?, New Europe
- REACH: Where do we stand and where are we going?, Compounding World
- The EU’s Product Stewardship Regulations Affect Global Supply Chains, Draft 14
- Is the data-sharing Regulation consistent with EU law?, ChemicalWatch
- The European Union REACH Regulation for Chemicals: Law and Practice, Oxford University Press
- Legal and Administrative Systems: Implications for Precautionary Regulation, The Reality of Precaution, Comparing Risk Regulation in the United States and Europe, RFF Press
- EC Law For the New Economy, Intersentia
- Adjudicating scientific disputes in climate science: the limits of judicial competence and the risks of taking sides, Environmental Liability
- The hidden trigger of Paris: why the climate battle will now be taken to the courts, Energy Post
- The Urgenda judgment: a ‘victory’ for the climate that is likely to backfire
- Private Party Standing and EU Risk Regulation, European Journal of Risk Regulation
- Scientific and Policy Analysis of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals: A Comparison of Practices in Asia, Europe, and North America, Report of a Consensus Panel, Brussels
- REACH review – a lawyer's point of view, ENDSEurope (online)
- Design and implementation of a governance system for the protection of the environment and public health in China, China-EU Law Journal
- Perfect Storm in the EU: Tidal Wave of Product Regulation, Executive Counsel
- National Parliaments Should Approve the Paris Agreement Before it is a Done Deal, EnergyCollective.com
- Trade, the Precautionary Principle, and Post-Modern Regulatory Process, The European Journal of Risk Regulation
- Off-shore oil spills require government-industry co-operation, not more regulation and expanded liability, New Europe
- Managing Workplace Privacy, Bureau of National Affairs
- An International Liability Regime for Biotech Food, World Food Regulation Review
- Data Protection in Europe and the Internet, EDI Law Review
- Nanotechnology Regulation in Europe: From REACH and Nano-Registries to Cosmetics, Biocides, and Medical Devices, 11 Nanotech. L. & Bus. 93
- Environmental Violations Can Lead to Criminal Charges Abroad, Executive Counsel, Volume 3 Number 5
- Liability and Environment, Kluwer Law International, The Hague
- Civil Liability for Terrorism-Related Risk, Cambridge University Press
- European Court Clarifies Application of ‘Polluter Pays Principle’ and Causation, JEEPL
- REACH and the precautionary principle: costs and benefits of proposed EU chemical legislation, Environment & Health: Myths & Realities, International Policy Press
- The European Union’s Environmental Liability Directive: A Commentary and Analysis of Emerging Practices, Oxford University Press
- From Talcum to Glyphosate: The Multi-Billion Dollar Battle to Define ‘Risk’, Chemical Watch
- The EU’s ineffective climate diplomacy post-Paris, EurActiv.com
- Fossil fuel is like tobacco? Financial Post
- Regulating Chemical Substances under REACH: The Choice between Authorization and Restriction and the Case of Dipolar Aprotic Solvents, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law
- EU Product-Related Standards Drive Product Design and Manufacture in Multinational Enterprise, Spotlight on International Business
- Should Europe's Product Liability Regime Be Expanded?, Product Safety and Liability Reporter
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Europe, Hunton & Williams White Paper
- Electronic Contracting in Europe, Electronic Commerce & Law Report
- Managing Environmental Liability Risks in European Business Transactions, TMA
- Regulating Chemicals under the REACH Regulation: The Choice between Authorization and Restriction and the Case of Dipolar Aprotic Solvents, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law
- Interim relief in case of inclusion of a substance on the REACH Candidate List, The European Journal of Risk Regulation
- EU Rule Sets Higher Standard For Medical Devices, Law360
- The Trojan Horse of the Paris Climate Agreement: How Multi-Level, Non-Hierarchical Governance Poses a Threat to Constitutional Government, SSRN (Social Science Research Network)
- Is There a Defect in the European Court’s Defect Test? Musings about Acceptable Risk, European Journal of Risk Regulation
- How the EU’s product stewardship regulations affect global supply chains, Trends, Volume 50, Number 5
- EU court makes it harder to fight candidate list inclusion, Chemical Watch
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