by | Jul 1, 2020 | Toxic Tort
Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto and current producer of Roundup brand weed killer, has agreed to pay more than $10 billion to settle an estimated 95,000 active cases involving allegations that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The settlement represents...
by | Apr 2, 2020 | Asbestos, Environmental
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on its Draft Risk Evaluation on Asbestos. Finalizing this assessment is the next step in its evaluation of the risks associated with asbestos, a review it is authorized to do by the Toxic Substances Control...
by | Feb 11, 2020 | Events
CMBG3’s Suzanne Englot attended a program hosted by the Boston Bar Association, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Black Women Attorneys and the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, on February 10 that highlighted the often ignored or erased stories of...
by | Feb 10, 2020 | PFAS, Toxic Tort
Regulating bodies and regulated entities alike are feeling increasing pressure to act on PFAS, the “forever chemicals.” This pressure is coming from all angles as Congress, the courts, and the executive branch reckon with the continually growing and evolving...
by | Jan 9, 2020 | Environmental
Forty more chemical substances have been designated as high or low priority for risk evaluation by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has proposed twenty of the substances to be low-priority, and the other twenty to be high-priority, as defined under the...
by | Nov 12, 2019 | Environmental, Toxic Tort
The EPA has released a proposed Systematic Review Protocol that, when finalized, will be used to conduct toxicity assessments for five of the variations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Protocol is an amalgamation of the procedures and methods that...
by | Oct 24, 2019 | Environmental
A group of public health and environmental advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit in the Second Circuit challenging the EPA’s partial ban on methylene chloride, a chemical found in paint removal products. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the commercial...
by | Sep 17, 2019 | Environmental, Toxic Tort
The EPA has released guidance on a new rule that prohibits the manufacture, processing, or distribution of a the chemical methylene chloride, a solvent that is present in paint and coating removal products. The agency released this rule under the authority of the...
by | May 21, 2019 | Insurance
In the May 2019 issue of Claims magazine, John Gardella authored an article regarding autonomous vehicles and their future impact on the insurance industry that was published as the cover story in the prestigious industry publication. A copy of the article can be...