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Revisiting the Constitutionality of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
January 29, 2015
Mickey Stevens, MJLST Staff Member If a person requires emergency medical treatment and shows up at any hospital that accepts payments from Medicare, that person...
State Agency Deference Under PURPA
January 29, 2015
Doug Kincaid, MJLST Staff Member Recently, in Exelon Wind L.L.C. v. Nelson, 766 F.3d 380 (5th Cir. 2014), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Fifth...
Expert Testimony May Put BP in Deepwater as It Enters the Trial’s Penalty Phase
January 29, 2015
Catherine Cumming, MJLST Staff Member Though the Deepwater Horizon spill occurred nearly five years ago, the civil trial over disaster's environmental and economic effects continues...
Small-Scale Hydropower Provides Renewed Hope for Energy Policy
January 20, 2015
Catherine Cumming, MJLST Staff Member As 2015 begins, many worry that the Republican majority in both the House and Senate will adversely effect energy policy...
Driving Under the Influence: Recent Legal Developments in Cellulosic Ethanol Industry
January 16, 2015
Ke M. Huang, MJLST Lead Articles Editor As a second-year law student, I met an energy law attorney who told me that sometimes his job...
Biosimilar Drugs Gaining Traction with the FDA
January 16, 2015
Ethan Mobley, MJLST Staff Member Recently, an FDA-commissioned panel recommended the Administration approve a cancer fighting drug developed by Novartis called EP2006. The recommendation is...
Commercial Drones: What’s a Business to Do?
January 16, 2015
Neal Rasmussen, MJLST Staff Member Since the March 2014 decision by administrative law judge Patrick Geraghty, the legality of using a drone for commercial purposes...