Congratulations to Seta Accaoui, who was recently admitted to practice law in the state of Rhode Island! Seta is already a practicing attorney in Massachusetts, and represents clients with interests in Rhode Island, as well, so it affords those clients with seamless...
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Summary Judgment Obtained In Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
At the end of last week, the CMBG3 Team secured a favorable ruling on a Motion for Summary Judgment in Los Angeles Superior Court. Plaintiffs asserted that decedent was exposed to asbestos during his time in the United States Navy while on board several vessels from...
CMBG3 Announces Scholarship For RI High School
On November 5th, CMBG3 attorneys David Goldman and Seta Accaoui presented to the Central Falls High School (Rhode Island) Youth and Law students about pursuing legal careers, what a legal track looks like and the state of diversity, equity and inclusion within the...
PFAS Updates: 3M’s Domestic and International PFAS Issues
Three recent PFAS issues have directly impacted 3M, one of the historic manufacturers of certain PFAS chemicals, both domestically and internationally. In the United States, the PFAS updates for 3M include two settlements to end litigation regarding 3M's alleged...
John Gardella Interviewed By Bloomberg On PFAS
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Pat Rizzuto, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for her article regarding changes that appear to be coming to the Restatement (Third) of Torts with respect to explicit support for medical monitoring lawsuits, even in the...
ESG’s Unintended Consequence – Lawsuits
The Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) movement has existed for over 10 years, but has taken on exponentially greater importance in the corporate, investment and insurance worlds in the last two to three years. With the Biden-Harris administration taking...
David Goldman and Seta Accaoui Graduate From Leadership RI Program
On October 20, 2021, CMBG3 attorneys David Goldman and Seta Accaoui graduated from Leadership Rhode Island’s 2021 Class after a 10-month journey with 73 other diverse leaders from all sectors of Rhode Island’s government, law enforcement, public interest, legal,...
EPA One Step Closer To Regulating PFAS Under Superfund Law
Earlier today, the EPA announced that it will begin work to add four types of PFAS to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA) Hazardous Constituent List. Once the EPA completes the process to add certain PFAS to the RCRA list, those PFAS would...
GenX PFAS Toxicity Assessment By EPA – Are Businesses At Risk?
Earlier today, the EPA released its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX chemicals, part of the family of PFAS that have received substantial attention in the media in recent years. The GenX PFAS toxicity assessment is one of the key goals of the EPA's PFAS...
ESG and Emerging Contaminants – Investors Beware
The Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") movement has existed for over 10 years, but has taken on exponentially greater importance in the corporate, investment and insurance worlds in the last two to three years. With the Biden-Harris administration taking...










