Attorneys

News Media

CNews.com, American Lobbyists Against Open Standards Faced With Opposition From the Free Software Foundation (Russian Federation 2010)
WashingtonExaminer.com, Environmentalists Launch "Green Lawfare" Campaign Against U.S. Defenses (2009)
NewsMax.com, Senate Refuses Debate on Controversial Treaty (2007)
CNSNews.com, Trade Analyst Raises Concerns Ahead of EU-USSummit (2007)
Reuters, ANALYSIS-Thailand's Drug Patent Moves Could Spread (2007)
Zero Hora (Zero Hour), “Fazer papel de Robin Hood não é correto" (“To play role of Robin Hood is not correct”)(Porto Allegre, Brazil (2007)
The Fort Morgan Times, European Ideas Creeping Into U.S (CO, 2007)

Law Reviews

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agricultural and Natural Resources Law, Harmonizing 'Converted Wetland' Under the Clean Water Act and Food Security Act Would Reaffirm Congress' Intent to Limit EPA and Army Corps 404 Jurisdiction, 12 Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agricultural and Natural Resources Law (forthcoming 2019-2020)
Michigan State Law Review, The Europeanization of the Great Lakes States' Wetlands Laws and Regulations (At the Expense of Americans' Constitutionally Protected Private Property Rights), 2019-3 (forthcoming 2019)
San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review,Ducking the Truth About the Great 'Commenced Conversion' Conspiracy Against American Farmers, Vol. 27 (Fall 2018)
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agricultural and Natural Resources Law, Local Sustainability Movement Rides Wave of Evolving Federalism to 'Axe' Private Property Rights (Spring-Summer 2015)
American University International Law Review, REACH Revisited: A Framework for Evaluating Whether a Non-Tariff Measure Has Matured into an Actionable Non-Tariff Barrier to Trade (Vol. 28, No. 2 (2013))
San Diego International Law Journal, Commercial High Technology Innovations Face Uncertain Future Amid Emerging 'BRICS' Compulsory Licensing and IT Interoperability Frameworks (Vol. 13, No. 1, 2011)
Santa Clara Journal of International Law, What Goes Around, Comes Around: How UNCLOS Ratification Will Herald Europe's Precautionary Principle as U.S. Law (Vol. 7, No. 1, 2010)
Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review, The Extra-WTO Precautionary Principle: One European Fashion Export the United States Can Do Without (Vol. 17, No. 2, 2008)
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Brazil's IP Opportunism Threatens US Private Property Rights (Vol. 38, No. 1, 2007)

Law Journals

Washington Legal Foundation, Critical Legal Issues Working Paper No. 215, Weight of the Evidence: A Lower Expert Evidence Standard Metastasizes in Federal Courts (March 2020)
- WLF Letter to Admin Off of US Courts re FRE 702
Washington Legal Foundation, Critical Legal Issues Working Paper No. 191, Revitalizing the Information Quality Act as a Procedural Cure for Unsound Regulatory Science: A Greenhouse Gas Rulemaking Case Study (Feb. 2015)
European Journal of Risk Regulation, Trade, the Precautionary Principle and Post-Modern Regulatory Process: Regulatory Convergence in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership , (04/2013) (with Lucas Bergkamp) (*Winner of the 2014 Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award); (U.S. Library of Congress Ceremony)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, The Philippines Breastmilk Substitute/Supplement Marketing Framework Violates WTO Law (Part 1 of 2) (2013 Emerging Issues 7066)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, The Philippines Breastmilk Substitute/Supplement Marketing Framework Violates WTO Law (Part 2 of 2) (2013 Emerging Issues 7067)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, Hong Kong's Draft Infant Formula & Complementary Foods Marketing Code Violates WTO Law (Part 1 of 3) (2013 Emerging Issues 7046)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, Hong Kong's Draft Infant Formula & Complementary Foods Marketing Code Violates WTO Law (Part 2 of 3) (2013 Emerging Issues 7048)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, Hong Kong's Draft Infant Formula & Complementary Foods Marketing Code Violates WTO Law (Part 3 of 3) (2013 Emerging Issues 7049)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, Revised U.S. Deep Seabed Mining Policy Reflects UNCLOS and Other International Environmental Law Obligations (2013 Emerging Issues 6893)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, 'ARA Libertad' Case Ruling Suggests Ever-Expanding ITLOS Jurisdiction (2013 Emerging Issues 6879)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, FATCA Imposes Not-So-Insubstantial Burdens on Non-Financial Foreign Entities ('NFFEs') - Some Examples (2013 Emerging Issues 6875)
LexisNexis, Emerging Issues Analysis, U.S. FATCA Information Reporting: A Pretext for Fishing With Like-Minded European and OECD Nations For Long Forsaken Tax Revenues at Exotic Offshore Locations (2012 Emerging Issues 6831)
Kluwer Law Int'l, Global Trade & Customs Journal, Coherent International Trade Policies Hasten, Not Retard Cloud Computing (Vol. 7, Issue 9, 2012)
Kluwer Law Int'l, Global Trade & Customs Journal, The U.S. Biologics Price, Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 Triggers Public Debates, Regulatory/Policy Risks and International Trade Concerns (Vol. 6, Issue 11/12, 2011)
Kluwer Law Int'l, Global Trade & Customs Journal, Growing Foreign Investment and Regulatory/Policy Risks Facing High Technology Innovations (Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2011)
Washington Legal Foundation Critical Legal Issues Working Paper No. 175, Emerging Risks for U.S. High Tech: How Foreign 'Public Interest' Regulation Threatens Property Rights & Innovation (2010)
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, 'Ecosystem-Based Management': A Stealth Vehicle to Inject Euro-Style Precaution into U.S. Regulation (Vol. 24, No. 23 2009)
Washington Legal Foundation Critical Legal Issues Working Paper No. 163, A Chill Wind for Precaution?: Broader Ramifications of Supreme Court's Winter Decision (2009)
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, Effort to Expand 'Authentic Acts' in Europe Imperils Economic Freedom (Vol. 24, No. 6, 2009)
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, How Market-Based Policies Could Spur Biotechnology Growth in Russia (Vol. 23, No. 14, 2008)
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, Forced Licensing of Drug Patents Reflects 'IP Counterfeiting' Efforts on World Stage (Vol. 22, No. 22, 2007)
Kluwer Law Int'l, Global Trade & Customs Journal, Discerning the Forest From the Trees: How Governments Use Ostensibly Private and Voluntary Standards to Avoid WTO Culpability (Vol. 2, Issue 9, 2007)
Kluwer Law Int'l, Global Trade & Customs Journal, World Trade Organization Biotech Decision Clarifies Central Role of Science in Evaluating Health and Environmental Risks for Regulation Purposes (Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2006)
Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, WTO Ruling on Biotech Foods Addresses 'Precautionary Principle' (Vol. 21, No. 38, 2006)
Washington Legal Foundation Critical Legal Issues Working Paper No. 118, 'Unscientific' Precaution: Europe's Campaign to Erect New Foreign Trade Barriers (2003)

Public Speaking Engagements

(2003-2016)

Government

BIOKorea Conference (Seoul, 2011; Cheongju 2008)
United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva Switzerland (2011, 2010)
Mid-Atlantic District Export Council Export University, US Commercial Service, Phila., PA (2010)
First Int'l Congress, EurasiaBIO, Moscow, Russian Federation (2008)
Nat'l Defense University, US Department of Defense, Wash., DC (2008)
US Nat'l Institute of Standards and Technology, Rockville, MD (2003)
Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health/Science Products and Services (ITAC-03), to the US Department of Commerce, Wash., DC (2003)

Government Media

Inside EPA's Risk Policy Report, Novel EPA Ozone Standard Shows Greater Agency Focus on Ecological Risk (2010)

Economic Journals

Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc., Int'l J. of Economic Development, Rediscovering the Value of Intellectual Property Rights: How Brazil's Recognition and Protection of Foreign IPRs Can Stimulate Domestic Innovation and Generate Economic Growth (Vol. 8, Nos. 1-2, 2006 - featuring introductory comments from three expert commentators)
Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc., Int'l J. of Economic Development, Precautionary Preference: How Europe Employs Disguised Regulatory Protectionism to Weaken American Free Enterprise (Vol. 7, Nos. 2-3, 2005)

Print Interviews (2005-2010)

Industry

The Europeanization of the Great Lakes States' Wetlands Laws & Regulations, Presentation Prepared for the Clare County Michigan Farm Bureau Legislative Breakfast (2017)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Meeting/Conference, Hong Kong (2015)
New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting, International Changes in IP, New York, New York (2014)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Meeting/Conference, Seoul, South Korea (2013)
Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference, Mid-Atlantic Russia Business Council, Phila., PA (2012)
Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group (GPSEG), Global Supply-Chain Committee Meeting (2012)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Meeting/Conference, New Delhi, India (2012)
Mentor, American Bar Association Law Student Division 2nd Circuit Spring Meeting, New York, NY (2012)
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Meeting/Conference, Kyoto Kyoto, Japan (2011)
U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council, Baltimore, MD (2010)
Dulles Virginia Regional Chamber of Commerce (2010)
American National Standards Institute, IP Rights Policy Committee, Arlington, VA (2010)
American National Standards Institute, Monthly Caucus, National Press Club, Wash., DC (2010)
Moscow Entrepreneurs Association, Moscow, Russian Federation (2008)
ITEC Conference, Wash., DC (2009), Phila. PA (2008)
Annual Meeting, Nat'l Wood Pallet & Container Assoc., Tampa Bay, FL (2005)
Nat'l Assoc. of Manufacturers, Int'l Trade Group, Wash., DC (2004)
US Council for Int'l Business/Electronics Industry Alliance, Wash., DC (2004)
Nat'l Fed. of Independent Business Small Business Coalition for Reg. Relief, Wash., DC (2004)
American National Standards Institute Int'l Trade Policy Comm. (2003)
Global Business Dialogue, Wash., DC (2003)

Academic

Presentation - Clean Water Act § 404: How So Few Words Re Wetlands Have So Greatly Impaled Private Property Rights, at the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law Sixth Annual Symposium, at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, Lexington, KY (Feb. 28, 2020)
Presentation - Who Owns the Water in the West? An Overview of the Challenges Facing Private Prior Appropriation & Federal Reserved Water Rights, at the University of Kentucky College of Law, Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law 2nd Annual Symposium - "Energy & the Environment: The Interplay of Regulations and Natural Resource Law and Policy," Lexington, KY (2016)
Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) Semi-Annual Meeting, Busan, South Korea (2012)
15th Annual Harvard Int'l Development Conference, Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA (2009)
Russia Student Society, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA (2009)
Georgetown University Medical School, Wash., DC (2007, 2008)
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review Symposium, Univ. of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL (2008)
John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy & Int'l Relations, Adjunct Faculty, Int'l Trade Law & Policy (Fall 2007)
Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review Symposium, Temple Univ., Beasley School of Law, Phila., PA (2007)
Lomonosov Moscow State University Symposium, Moscow, Russian Federation (2007)
Vyatka State University Symposium, Kirov, Russian Federation (2007)

Print & Online News Media

Canada Free Press - EPA Disregard for "WOTUS" Prior Converted Cropland Exclusion Kills Ag Jobs and Contributes to National Security Risk (2017)
WLF Legal Pulse - US Food Security and Farmers’ Livelihoods at Stake in “Waters of the US” Rule Rewrite (2017)
Canada Free Press - A UN and Tribal Takeover? (2016)
Canada Free Press - White House as Originator and Promoter of Klamath Basin Agreements (2016)
Capital Press - Wyden-Merkley Amendment: The Dog That Don't Hunt (2016)
Capital Press - Bureau of Reclamation Makes Offer Irrigators Can't Refuse (2016)
Herald and News - Hydro Agreement Changes Made Without Using the Rule of Law (2016)
Forbes Opinion - When it Comes to Climate Policies, 'Trust But Verify' (2015)
Forbes Opinion - A Second Look at EPA Findings (2015)
Canada Free Press - Science for the Picking (2014)
New Europe - The European Political Newspaper, Does REACH Have a 'Chilling Effect' on Trade and Investment? (with Lucas Bergkamp and Nicolas Herbatschek, 2012)
Guardian Professional, Guardian.co.uk, Comment: A Call For Caution On Open Source (2011)
Cape Cod Times Weekend Forum, Sea Treaty May Sink Our Naval Operations (with Amb. William J. Middendorf, 2007)
Washington Times, Letter to the Editor, Vetting Lost (2007)
Washington Times, Editorial, LOST and Found (2007)
Financial Times, Ltd., Comment and Analysis - Letters, Ownership and Self-help Will Best Protect French Employee Interests (2007)
Financial Times, Ltd., Comment and Analysis - Letters, European Universities Learn Importance of Technology Transfer (2006)
Grace Creek Media and the George W. Bush Institute, TCS Daily (formerly TechCentralStation), Corporate Social Restriction (with Carlo Stagnaro, 2006)
Grace Creek Media and the George W. Bush Institute, TCS Daily (formerly TechCentralStation), A Real Nor'easter (2005)
Rural News Group, Ltd., New Zealand (formerly Farmgate.co.nz Limited), Rural News, Op-Ed, Economic Sabotage a Form of Free Speech? (2005)
The New York Times Co., Int'l Herald Tribune, Opinion, Trade Protectionism: Ducking the Truth About Europe's GMO Policy (2004)
EU Reporter, Ducking the Truth About EU GM Policy (2004)
EU Reporter, Claims of Improper Lobbying Quite a REACH (2004)

Peer-Reviewed Publications/White Papers/News Media Articles (2002-2015)

Policy & Political Journals

Sage Publications, Inc., Issues for Debate in Environmental Management: Selections from CQ Researcher, Congressional Quarterly Global Researcher, Should the U.S. Senate Ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea? No. (2008)
John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and Int'l Relations, Seton Hall J. of Diplomacy and Int'l Relations, The Precautionary Principle and WTO Law: Divergent Views Toward the Role of Science in Assessing and Managing Risk (Vol. 5, No. 1, 2004)
Center for the National Interest (formerly The Nixon Center), The National Interest, Exporting Europe's Protectionism (Fall 2004)
John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and Int'l Relations, Seton Hall J. of Diplomacy and Int'l Relations, The US Response to the Kyoto Protocol: A Realistic Alternative? (Vol. 3, No. 2, 2002)

White Papers

The National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., 'Enlightened' Environmentalism or Disguised Protectionism?: Assessing the Impact of EU Precaution-Based Standards on Developing Countries (2004)
The National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., EU Regulation, Standardization and the Precautionary Principle: The Art of Crafting a Three-Dimensional Trade Strategy that Ignores Sound Science (2003)
The National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., Looking Behind the Curtain: The Growth of Trade Barriers that Ignore Sound Science (2003)

Industry Media

Bloomberg.com, Clean-Energy Cause Shouldn't Void Patents, Senators Tell Obama (2009)
NJ BIZ.com, Firms Writing Prescriptions to Distant Shores (2009)
Global Finance e-Magazine, Cover Story: Mexico - Mexico's Recent Economic Progress Could be Derailed by Turmoil in the US Economy and the Outcome of the US Presidential Election (2008)
Global Finance e-Magazine, Cover Story: Continental Divide - Latin American Regional Report - Latin American Governments' Attempts to Gain More Control Over their Countries' Economic Fortunes are Having Far-Reaching Effects on International Corporations Doing Business in the Region (2008)
Bloomberg.com, Brazil to Break Merck AIDS Drug Patent to Lower Price (2007)
The New Economy Online Magazine, What might be your drug of choice, sir? (2007)
Pesticide.net Insider eJournal, Precautionary Principle Will 'Run In Place' In 2007,. Trade Expert Predicts (2007)
Power News Electronic Newsletter, Northeastern US States Release Draft 'Model Rule' For CO2 Trading Program (2006)
BNA Daily Environment Report, Consumers Could See Annual Energy Savings If Regional Credits Used For Energy Efficiency (2005)
Kaiser Network.org Daily HIV/AIDS Report, Drug Access - Thailand Will Stand by Decision to Issue Compulsory Licenses, Health Minister Says (2007)
Pesticide.net Insider e-Journal, America ‘Should Draw A Line in the Sand’ Against European Lobbying For Precautionary Principle, White Paper Says (2005)
Platt’s Electric Utility Week, Push For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Regulations Seen As Move To Protect European Business (2005)
K2Kapital.com, Brazil intends to violate the patent rights of the company to Merck drugs to treat AIDS, Efavirenz (Russian Federation 2005)
Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine, Brazil Uses Compulsory Licensing Threat in Negotiations (2005)

Law Books & Book Chapters

Oxford University Press, REACH and International Trade Law, chapter in The European Union REACH Regulation for Chemical Substances: Law and Practice, (Lucas Bergkamp ed.) (forthcoming 2013)
ICFAI Law Books Division, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, India (C. Sri Krishna ed.), Rediscovering the Value of Intellectual Property Rights: How Brazil's Recognition and Protection of Foreign IPRs Can Stimulate Domestic Innovation and Generate Economic Growth, chapter in Ideas, Innovations and Patents, (2008)
Washington Legal Foundation Monograph, Exporting Precaution: How Europe's Risk-Free Regulatory Agenda Threatens American Free Enterprise (2005 - featuring introductory remarks from four expert commentators)

Trade Journals

World Coal.com Special Report, Challenging the EPA's War on Coal With the IQA - More Than Opaque: No Transparency at the EPA (July 2014)
ChemicalWatch Business Briefing, Expert Focus, Is REACH a trade barrier? Imported chemicals suffer from higher cost structure (2012)
Mondaq, UK Government Must Heed Dutch Audit Court Warning Prior to Implementing 'Open' IT Procurement Action (2011)
Mondaq, UK's Promotion of Royalty-Free Government Procurement Standards NOT as Reported (2011)
Quartz Business Media, Ltd., Specialty Chemicals Magazine, Viewpoint: REACH: The Fight Must Go On (2007)
Instituto De Estudos Empresariais, Porto Alegre, Brasil, Revista Leader Magazine, Lula Desrespeita A Propriedade Privada 'Tomando' OS DPP De Investidores Estrangeiros (Lula Disrespects Private Property, 'Taking' Foreign Investors' IP) (2007)
Thomson Reuters (formerly Warren, Gorham & Lamont), Real Estate Accounting and Taxation, Foreign Controlled Equity REITS: Tax Issues for foreign Shareholders (Nos. 1-2, 1988)

Civil Society

Nevadans CAN Policy Workshop, Las Vegas, NV (2017), Presentation: The Ever-Expanding Administrative State Is A Purple Political Phenomenon That Threatens Your Natural Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights: Impacts on Property Rights, Property Taxes and Land Use
American Agri-Women 24th Annual Conference, Wash., D.C. (2017), Presentation: Federal Environmental, Wildlife and Indian Policies Jeopardizing U.S. National Food Security
Reserve Officers Association, Wash., DC (2007)
20th Liberty Forum, Instituto de Estudos Empresariais, Porto Allegre, Brasil (2007)
1st and 2nd Annual Good Neighbor Forums, Greeley, CO (2007), Cheyenne, WY (2008)
10th, 11th and 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Annual Conferences, Property Rights Foundation of America, Albany, NY (2006, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
ITSSD Press Conference, Brasilia, Brasil (2005)
ITSSD IP Coalition Press Conference, National Press Club, Wash., DC (2005)

Client-Related Public Outreach

In serving our clients’ often complex multi-jurisdictional business, law and policy needs, our professionals have engaged in various forms of client-related public outreach, including direct participation in domestic and international deliberative bodies, university and industry symposiums, and policy education, intervention and formulation.

Public Speaking/Interviews/Publications

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