Don Goodson
Deputy Director
Don Goodson is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.
Don’s substantive work focuses on litigation and appellate advocacy, cross-cutting legal issues affecting Policy Integrity, and climate-related financial risk. He has authored numerous briefs in federal courts and articles on emerging developments in administrative law, including the major questions doctrine.
Before joining Policy Integrity, Don clerked for Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and John Paul Stevens (Ret.) of the U.S. Supreme Court; Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and Judge Alison J. Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (now of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit). He also worked at multinational law firms, where he focused on appellate advocacy and dispositive motion practice, especially in the area of securities litigation.
He received a J.D. magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, two M.Sc. degrees from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College), and a B.A. summa cum laude from The George Washington University.
He can be reached at [email protected].
Reports
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The Continued Need for SEC Action on Climate-Related Disclosures
How New California and E.U. Requirements Reinforce the Economic Case for the SEC’s Proposed Rule
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Administrative Severability
A Tool Federal Agencies Can Use to Address Legal Uncertainty
Academic Articles
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Discretion Is Not (Chevron) Deference
Published in the Harvard Journal on Legislation
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Major Rules in the Courts
An Empirical Study of Challenges to Federal Agencies’ Major Rules
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The Impact of West Virginia v. EPA on Challenges to FERC’s Authority Under the Major Questions Doctrine
Published in Energy Bar Association Brief
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Unheralded and Transformative: The Test for Major Questions After West Virginia
Published in William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review