We previously wrote regarding the presiding Judge's ruling in the PFAS MDL requesting the parties to select three bellwether cases for trial in 2023 and to agree on the order in which they will be tried. The parties agreed that the Stuart (FL) v. 3M, et al. case would...
We previously reported on three significant pieces of California PFAS legislation that were before California's Governor Newsom for ratification. Two of the bills were passed, which means that several categories of products will have applicable PFAS bans. The third...
In a significant development related to PFAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) on September 29, 2022 issued a draft "PFOS and PFOS In Drinking-Water" Background Document, which will inform the WHO's recommendations for drinking water guidelines. The WHO PFAS...
On June 15, 2022, the EPA issued Health Advisories (HAs) for five specific PFAS, including GenX PFAS chemicals. The PFAS GenX health advisories set levels at 10ppt for this chemical group. On July 13, 2022, The Chemours Co. filed a petition in the Third Circuit...
Last week, the parties in litigation in Michigan announced to the Court that they had reached an agreement to resolve the environmental pollution claims pertaining to PFAS land contamination. The PFAS settlement was for the sum of $54 million. The lawsuit was brought...
For the past few years, the European PFAS litigation has largely escaped being at the forefront of PFAS news articles, as the EU and member states' efforts to enact regulations and the U.S. PFAS litigation dominated the daily updates. Recently, however, PFAS...
On September 16, 2022, the presiding Judge in the MDL for PFAS AFFF issued a ruling denying defendants' motions to apply the government contractor defense to the MDL, which would have in effect wiped out a considerable number of cases on the MDL. The ruling brings to...
On May 24, 2022, the New York Assembly and Senate passed a bill, S.6291, that would ban the sale of any apparel in the state of New York that contain intentionally added PFAS starting on December 31, 2023. The New York fashion PFAS legislation, which must be signed...
In response to the presiding Judge's request that the parties in the PFAS AFFF MDL choose the order in which the first three cases chosen for trial in the MDL will proceed, the parties submitted a letter to the Judge informing him that the case of Stuart (FL) v. 3M,...
On September 14, 2022, CMBG3 team members Daria Afshar, David Goldman, Alex Green and Tori Paiva participated in the 12th annual golf tournament hosted by The Hartford. CMBG3 was proud to be a sponsor of the outing, as all donations and sponsorships supported the...