by | Mar 30, 2018 | Community Involvement
On March 27, 2018, CMBG3 Law’s Associate Attorneys Ross Elwyn, Clifford Pascarella, and Eric Robbie attended a silent auction benefiting the upcoming American Heart | Stroke Associations’ Lawyers Have Heart 5k and Summer Celebration. The night was a rousing success!...
by | Mar 22, 2018 | Lead, Toxic Tort
In August of 2017, CMBG3 reported on the Sixth Circuit court’s ruling that revived two class action lawsuits regarding lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, finding that the Safe Drinking Water Act does not preempt the lawsuits from proceeding. The...
by | Mar 20, 2018 | Events
On Saturday, March 10th, Event Chair Seta Eskanian gathered Armenian Bar members and friends together in Boston and Los Angeles for the Young Lawyers Committee’s inaugural event. Over a hundred guests joined in welcoming the newly formed group organized by Armenian...
by | Mar 13, 2018 | Asbestos, Talc, Toxic Tort
In July of 2017, CMBG3 Law reported on Johnson & Johnson’s success in having the New Jersey federal court block a class action filing based on claims that the company failed to disclose the alleged ovarian cancer risks of its talcum powder product. Now, after an...
by | Mar 7, 2018 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort
In September of 2017, we reported on the fact that the Florida Supreme Court agreed to hear argument as to whether the state should adopt the Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals standard of review for expert testimony. This week, the Florida Supreme Court heard...
by | Mar 5, 2018 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort
Recently, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced a House companion bill to the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2017 (ARBANA), which was introduced in the Senate in November of 2017. The ARBABA bill was introduced to give the Environmental Protection...
by | Mar 2, 2018 | Asbestos, Talc, Toxic Tort
Earlier this week, the first Florida asbestos-contaminated talc case began trial in Palm Beach County. Plaintiff Robert Lord alleges that he developed mesothelioma from his employment and his stepfather’s employment with a local floor tile showroom. It is...
by | Mar 1, 2018 | Prop 65
California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly referred to as “Proposition 65” or “Prop 65”) was passed with the intention of providing consumers with information regarding cancer-causing agents in products that would allow consumers to...
by | Feb 27, 2018 | Lead, Toxic Tort
As CMBG3 Law previoulsy reported, a California trial court ruled that paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Co. and two former lead pigment makers (ConAgra Grocery Products and NL Industries) must pay $1.15 billion to abate lead paint in millions of homes in California....
by | Feb 26, 2018 | Asbestos, Toxic Tort
The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (“Chemical Safety Act”) was signed into law by President Barack Obama in June of 2016 and amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). The Chemical Safety Act gives the Environmental Protection...
