The Atlanta Lawyer December 2015 | Page 28

SECTION UPDATE Environmental Law and Toxic Tort Section By Richard E. Glaze, Jr. Balch & Bingham LLP [email protected] T he Environmental Law and Toxic Tort Section reports holding a unique CLE program that featured Professor John Travis Marshall of Georgia State University College of Law, who lectured on statutory interpretation, using as a backdrop the important recent Supreme Court decisions in Michigan v. EPA (the role of cost-consideration in promulgating Clean Air Act regulations) and King v. Burwell (constitutionality of federal health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act). The setting for the CLE was a state of the art classroom in Georgia State’s impressive new law school facility, which attendees toured following the program. 28 THE ATLANTA LAWYER December 2015 The Section has planned several events for late winter and spring, including a family-oriented weekend service project, a networking happy hour with multiple sections and a joint meeting with the Construction Law Section, which will include a discussion of the impact of the controversial new EPA Clean Water Act rule that interprets the scope of the phrase “Waters of the United States.” We thank those who have made our previous activities possible and look forward to an exciting and meaningful agenda for the remainder of the year. The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association