by | Mar 5, 2019 | Prop 65
With the announcement of New York’s 2020 budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced new “right-to-know” legislation regarding chemicals in certain products sold in the State of New York. The legislation will extend New York’s existing right-to-know laws to cover...
by | Mar 4, 2019 | Toxic Tort
The first of three federal bellweather trials (Hardeman) alleging that Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing Roundup weedkiller causes cancer got underway last week with the jury hearing opening statements last Monday and from expert witnesses throughout the week. In...
by | Feb 27, 2019 | Toxic Tort
Much attention has been given lately to California, where the issue of whether glyphosate, a chemical compound in weed killing products, can cause cancer in humans has been (and is as of the writing of this article) in the public spotlight, as cases are taken to trial...
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Toxic Tort
The first of three federal bellweather trials alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer is scheduled to get underway this week with seven women and two men seated on the jury. The trial, taking place before United States District Judge Chhabria in San...
by | Feb 12, 2019 | Events
CMBG3’s Michaela Lancer was chosen to speak at the prestigious 2019 EECMA (Environmental and Emerging Claim Manager Association) conference in Orlando, Florida. Michaela will present with a panel of distinguished speakers on the subject of glyphosate and its...
by | Feb 5, 2019 | Toxic Tort
The Ninth Circuit Court in California struck down a San Francisco ordinance mandating health warnings on ads for sugary drinks, finding that the city’s law violated the First Amendment by chilling the beverage industry’s right to free speech. The 11 judges said in a...
by | Feb 1, 2019 | Prop 65
In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act. Although facets of the cannabis industry had a 20-year running start since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, the passage of Proposition 64 opened up a much wider market. As...
by | Jan 17, 2019 | Environmental
In the January / February 2019 issue of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Section Review, CMBG3’s Suzanne Englot write on the issue of an attorney’s role as not only a problem solver, but also one who can help spot problems before they arise,...
by | Jan 14, 2019 | Toxic Tort
Since its inception, CMBG3 has been following the emergence what we predicted will be one of the next big waves of litigation in the toxic torts world – the chemical, glyphosate. Now, on the heels of a California jury awarding a plaintiff $289 million in damages in...
by | Jan 9, 2019 | Environmental
Congratulations to CMBG3’s Suzanne Englot, whose article (Reducing Risk In Environmental Liability Policies) was published on January 7, 2019 in the PropertyCasualty360 online journal. PropertyCasualty360 is an online publication that is targeted to insurance...