After four years and extensive briefing, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit finally issued its watershed opinion concerning the judiciary’s role in considering climate change issues. The Court emphatically reversed the district court, vacated the judgment and remanded the matter for additional proceedings. Is so doing, the Court of Appeals further cracked the door for potential judicial solutions to global climate change.
On April 30, 2008, Morris Polich & Purdy LLP presented a paper and seminar on the subject of Climate Change Litigation in the U.S.: Theories of Liability and Insurance Issues. The level of interest expressed about that subject at that time combined with ongoing developments relating to climate change litigation suggested the desirability of periodically updating that presentation. This third update complements the initial presentation along with our June and December 2008 updates.
On April 30, 2008, Morris Polich & Purdy LLP presented a paper and seminar on the subject of Climate Change Litigation in the U.S.: Theories of Liability and Insurance Issues. The level of interest expressed about that subject at the time combined with ongoing developments relating to climate change litigation suggested the desirability of periodically updating that presentation. This is another in that ongoing series of updates.
On April 30, 2008, Morris Polich & Purdy LLP presented a paper and seminar at the Old Library, Lloyds Building in London on the subject of Climate Change Litigation in the U.S.: Theories of Liability and Insurance Issues. The level of interest about this subject, as reflected by the attendance at the seminar, the number of inquiries following the seminar and the response of other insurers with whom we have shared our paper, combined with the rapid pace of new developments relating to climate change litigation in the short period since that seminar was presented, suggests the desirability of periodically updating that presentation. The purpose of this brief update is to do just that.
Article written for MPP's London seminar, Climate Change Litigation in the U.S.: Theories of Liability and Insurance Issues.