On January 24, 2022, the EPA continued to expand the number of PFAS subject to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) with the addition of four PFAS to the TRI. PFAS TRI reporting is an issue that has recently seen significant attention by environmentalists who claim that...
John Gardella recently wrote an article entitled "Cosmetics and PFAS: Industry Lawsuits a Lesson For ESG", which was published on our website and the National Law Review. The article was picked up and utilized by writer Ryan Nelson of Informa's Pharma Intelligence in...
ESG and fashion are certainly en vogue in 2022, at least with regulators and legislators. Yesterday, we wrote about the United Kingdom's intent to target the fashion industry in 2022 over alleged greenwashing of consumers for apparel and footwear. Marketing buzzwords...
As the cosmetics industry bore the brunt of a pair of significant greenwashing lawsuits in the United States at the end of 2021, it is now the fashion industry that is the target of regulatory oversight action in the United Kingdom to start 2022. As the Securities and...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Julia John, reporter for Chemical Watch, for her article regarding recent lawsuits against cosmetic industry companies for alleged "greenwashing" of consumers when certain of the companies' products contained PFAS....
David Goldman, Shareholder at CMBG3, will speak on February 9, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST at a virtual event hosted by AM Best. The webinar is titled "The Importance of Field Investigations in Commercial General Liability Claims.” David and his panel of claims experts will...
Congratulations to CMBG3’s California Partners Christine Calareso and Luis Barba on being named 2022 California Super Lawyesr! These honors are reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 5% of attorneys in California receive the Super Lawyer...
We are pleased to report that Jeniffer A.P. Carson was named to the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Business Roundtable. The "MBR’s mission is to strengthen the state’s economic vitality. MBR engages with public and private leaders to develop public policy...
We have repeatedly predicted that the EPA would seek to have at least two types of PFAS (PFOA and PFOS) designated as "hazardous substances" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as the Superfund law)....
A recent wave of greenwashing lawsuits against the cosmetics industry drew the attention of many in the corporate, financial and insurance sectors. Attacks on corporate marketing and language used to allegedly deceive consumers will take on a much bigger life in 2022,...