On September 14, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15, which it is required to publish biennially under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for new effluent limitations guidelines. Plan 15 announces...
In June 2021, we detailed various PFAS lawsuits in Georgia stemming from alleged drinking water pollution from the carpet manufacturing industry based in Dalton, Georgia (the "carpet capital of the world"). The lawsuits allege that the numerous carpet manufacturers in...
Please join Attorney Ryan Landis on Monday, September 27, 2021 from 11:20 am - 12:20 pm PST, as he speaks at the prestigious Prop. 65 Conference, which will be held virtually this year. Attorney Landis's topic, Regulatory And Legal Updates Concerning Acrylamide In...
After a rigorous application and interview process, CMBG3 attorneys David Goldman and Seta Accaoui, were selected in 2020 to be members of the 2021 Leadership Rhode Island class. They are nearing the end of the yearlong thought-provoking program that is nationally...
For the second year in a row, CMBG3 supported the incredible efforts of School on Wheels in Massachusetts and Community Action Partnership Orange County – both of which fight to provide children in need or affected by homelessness with the necessary basics for their...
Join Attorney John Gardella for his virtual education webinar through Lorman Education Services on September 29, 2021 from 1pm - 2pm ET. Attorney Gardella's session, "PFAS: Regulation Updates and Minimizing Compliance and Litigation Risks", will help attendees...
CMBG3's Kendra Bergeron was recently selected to be a member of the prestigious Rhode Island Bar Journal's Editorial Board. The Journal is published several times a year by the Rhode Island Bar Association, and receives numerous submissions for consideration on...
Attorney Brendan Gaughan recently added to his impressive trial experience, as well as his experience representing clients in criminal matters, when he obtained a not guilty verdict for one client and a case dismissal for another. The jury trial case was an Operating...
On July 15, 2021, Maine passed what was touted as the most aggressive PFAS bill related to products thus far in the country. While true that the Maine PFAS products bill is the most far-reaching PFAS bill in the United States to date in terms of the scope of products...
On August 6, 2021, Illinois became the twelfth state in the United States to ban PFAS-containing class B firefighting foam (also referred to as aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF). The PFAS Reduction Act (SB 561) was passed by unanimous vote of the legislature not...