SpeakersNicholas Ostrowski
Barrister, Six Pump Court, Temple, London
Shannon Broome
San Francisco Managing Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Barry Epstein
Partner, Allen Matkins, San Francisco
ModeratorJim Arnold
The Arnold Law Practice
Protection of the natural and human environment is the foundation of environmental law. The UK’s environmental law began with the industrial revolution; California’s began with statehood in 1850. Both legal systems continue to evolve, the UK with Brexit and California leading the US in addressing climate change, redevelopment, and the natural environment.
Topics• Two systems - UK and EU and California and US
• Brexit’s changes to UK environmental law
• Trump Administration and California - changes