At the end of 2023, CMBG3 proceeded to trial for a manufacturing client in an industrial talc contamination case in the New York City Asbestos Litigation (“NYCAL”). Four weeks into the trial against one of the strongest plaintiff-side trial teams in the country, the...
In December 2023, the CMBG3 Cares program organized or supported two major events in the community that supported children in foster care and families in need of food during the holiday season. In early December, CMBG3 team members participated in a holiday gift drive...
On December 19, 2023, David Goldman spoke to two classes at the Woonsocket Area Trade & Career High School in Rhode Island on career paths, options, and the general practice of law. The students were high school juniors and seniors poised to consider career paths...
On December 1, 2023, the International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC) released its findings with respect to the carcinogenicity of PFOA and PFOS, which was the result of a conference held in Lyon, France in November 2023. IARC found that PFOA is "carcinogenic"...
On December 1, 2023, it was announced that the state of Ohio had settled an environmental pollution lawsuit (State of Ohio v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., et al.) against DuPont (and spinoff companies Chemours and Corteva) for $110 million. The case pertained to...
2023 has proven to be an extremely busy year for PFAS state AG lawsuits seeking environmental pollution remediation costs from PFAS manufacturers and AFFF manufacturers. We previously wrote that Illinois (February), Maine (April), Kentucky (April), Rhode Island,...
This week, the International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC) is holding a week-long conference in Lyon, France to discuss the carcinogenicity of PFOA and PFAS. IARC is the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) and it exists to coordinate and...
On several occasions, we wrote regarding a Michigan state court ruling that struck down Michigan’s PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits, with the ensuing appeal in December 2022 by the state. We last updated that on August 22, 2023, the...
On several instances, we have written regarding consumer fraud PFAS class action lawsuits filed in several states. The number of product types targeted for these lawsuits are growing and diverse in terms of the industries targeted. While there has been at least one...
On August 9, 2023, the EPA published its proposed updated Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR), which seeks to allow EPA to collect air emissions data on PFAS from companies, even though PFAS are currently not designated as a chemical that can be regulated under the...