by John Gardella | Dec 22, 2020 | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, News
CMBG3 is committed to learning actionable Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices to make our workplace more inclusive. John P. Gardella, Amaran Toppa, and Seta Accaoui completed Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s (GBCC) Transformational DEI Certificate...
by John Gardella | Dec 18, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
With just over thirty days until President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office, the Biden-Harris team continues to work on the many aspects of transition to ensure that change can commence immediately after swearing in. While...
by Alexandra Fraher | Dec 14, 2020 | Environmental
Recently in The Netherlands, a group of over 17,000 citizens and several environmental groups sued Shell, asking the Court to require the company to reduce its emissions of carbon dioxide by 2030 by 45% of 2019 emission levels. Milieudefensie (“Friends of the Earth...
by Alexandra Fraher | Dec 14, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
The Environmental Protection Agency recently requested public comment on guidance regarding its Significant New Use Rule for PFAS, accomplishing another goal under its PFAS Action Plan. This is just one of many avenues the EPA is taking to regulate per- and...
by Eric J. Robbie | Dec 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Government Affairs
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was within his constitutional authority to issue broad executive orders shutting down most of the state in an effort to restrict the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Supreme Judicial Court’s most recent opinion. The...