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Lawrence J. Kahn

Selected Publications

“Environmental Litigation Challenges in the UVM Context”, Panel Moderator, Tulane Energy & Environmental Law Society Summit 2020 (Mar. 2022),

“An Introduction to the Tulane UVM Initiative and Findings of our First Annual Report on UVM Regulation”, Presentation to International Society of Arboriculture Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas (Dec. 2021)

“Fire, Ice, Floods and Storms: The New Tulane Utility Vegetation Management Initiative”, Tulane Distinguished Speakers CLE Program, New Orleans, Louisiana (Nov. 2021)

“Decarbonizing the Maritime Industry Through Better – and Appropriately Incentivized – Vessel Recycling”, Presentation at Glasgow City College in Association with COP26 Conference, Glasgow, Scotland (Nov. 2021)

“Tulane’s Utility Vegetation Management Initiative”, The UVM Podcast, interview by Nick Ferguson and Steve Cieslewicz (Oct. 2021)

“Understanding and Improving the UVM Regulatory Environment and an Update on the Collaboration Between the Tulane UVM Initiative and Arbor Day Foundation”, Presentation to Trees & Utilities Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Oct. 2021)

“Larry Kahn Speaks Out on Scrapping in the USA, and Much, Much More”, Steel Plate – The Podcast for Ship and Rig Recycling, interview by Jon Chaplin (Aug. 2021)

“An Introduction to the Tulane UVM Initiative and Understanding the Regulatory Environment Applicable to Municipal Utilities”, Presentation to California Municipal Utilities Association, Sacramento, California (Aug. 2021)

“Understanding the Scope of North American UVM Regulations Outside of California and Lessons Learned for California Regulators”, Presentation to California Public Utility Commission and California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety / Wildfire Safety Division, Sacramento, California (Aug. 2021)

“Understanding the UVM Regulatory Environment both Inside and Outside California to Enhance Protections Against Wildfires and Improve Electric Reliability”, Presentation to California Investor-Owned Utilities and Municipal Utilities, Sacramento, California (Aug. 2021)

“Preliminary Findings of the Tulane Utility Vegetation Management Initiative’s Investigation of North American UVM Laws, Regulations and Ordinances”, Keynote Address at Integrated Vegetation Managers Association Spring Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Mar. 2021)

“Preliminary Findings of the Tulane Utility Vegetation Management Initiative’s Investigation of North American UVM Laws, Regulations and Ordinances”, Keynote Address at Professional Vegetation Managers Association Spring Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Mar. 2021)

"Everything American Maritime Attorneys Need to Know About Ship Recycling…But Were Afraid to Ask”, 45 Tul. Mar. L.J. 1 (Winter 2020)

“Proposal for Leveling the Playing Field in Ship Recycling”, White Paper presented to European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment, Division of Waste Management and Recycling (Jun. 2016)

"Jolly Roger with an Uzi:  The Rise and Threat of Modern Piracy", Jack A. Gottschalk, Brian P. Flanagan, Lawrence J. Kahn and Dennis M. Larochelle (2000)

“Pirates, Rovers, and Thieves: New Problems with an Old Enemy,” 20 Tul. Mar. L.J. 293 (1996)

“Sunken Treasures: Conflicts Between Historic Preservation Law and the Maritime Law of Finds,” 7 Tul. Envtl. L.J. 595 (1994), cited in Reeder, John, Brice on Maritime Law of Salvage, 5th Ed. at 316 (2011)