On October 27, 2020, a California water PFAS lawsuit was filed by the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency against several companies, in which it is alleged that the companies are responsible for PFAS water contamination in southern California. It is alleged that the...
A 14 page decision handed down on October 27, 2020 by Justice Alice B. Gibney, Presiding Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, granted a summary judgment motion briefed and argued by CMBG3 attorneys David Goldman and Eric Robbie on behalf of an equipment...
On October 9, 2020, CMBG3's Brendan Gaughan, Eric Robbie and Tori Paiva participated in the 2nd Annual Take a Swing FORE ALS Golf Tournament in Fall River, MA. Proceeds raised as part of the tournament support the David J. Machado Memorial Fund, which was established...
Congratulations to Jeniffer Carson, Bryna Misiura and John Gardella for being named to the 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. In addition, Seta Accaoui, Kendra Bergeron, and Eric Robbie were named to the 2020 Massachusetts Rising Star list. Super Lawyers, a...
On September 17, 2020, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced the publication of the final version of its latest scientific opinion on the risk to human health from the presence of PFAS in food. The EFSA determined that a tolerable weekly intake (TWI)...
Shareholder David Goldman recently completed 20 hours of a volunteer lawyer program created to assist the Rhode Island District Court in the adjudication of tenancy and eviction cases. As set out by Chief Judge Jeanne E. LaFazia, the program's goal is to provide...
Today, we put our spotlight on CMBG3’s Chenelle Brown, the firm’s Director of Government Affairs and Public Relations. Chenelle was recently voted in as the newest Board member of the Alliance for Business Leadership, a non-partisan coalition of CEOs, entrepreneurs,...
CMBG3's Eric Robbie was quoted in a Yahoo!Finance article yesterday, which examined whether the White House, if it were a private business, would have faced liability issues due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 among White House staff. Eric's comments provided...
We previously reported on the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act (Assembly Bill 2762) out of California, which was passed by the California legislature and sent to the Governor for signature or veto on August 30, 2020. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law,...
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law SB-1044 (Firefighting Equipment and Foam: PFAS Chemicals). The bill is in essence a PFAS firefighting foam ban and many environmentalists are heralding the bill as strong step forward in eliminating...