John Gardella was recently interviewed by Pam McFarland, reporter for Engineering News-Record (ENR) on the 3rd Circuit Court's recent decision to dismiss a legal challenge by Chemours of the EPA's Health Advisory Level for GenX (see our prior article on the Court's...
CMBG3 Law is deeply honored to be a recipient of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2024 Empowering Women award. The award recognizes law firms that have shown a strong commitment to supporting and elevating women attorneys in Massachusetts, and showcase tangible and...
We previously reported on Canada's efforts to regulate PFAS in drinking water, which at the time were proposed in virtual lock step with EPA's drinking water initiatives (albeit with not as stringent a proposed drinking water level as the United States). Now, though,...
Roughly two years ago, we reported on the World Health Organization's (WHO) draft recommendations that nations adopt a 100 parts per trillion (ppt) for PFOA and PFOS, and 500 ppt for all testable PFAS types (which at the time were 30 PFAS types). Our prior report...
John Gardella recently joined HB Litigation on a webinar entitled “PFAS Litigation: Predicted Trends Given Regulatory Changes”, a CLE certified webinar hosted by Tom Hagy. John discussed the landscape of regulatory changes and upcoming changes, and how these will...
As part of its lead up to issuing proposed and final drinking water standards for PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), EPA in June 2022 issued a Health Advisory Level (HAL) for four PFAS, including GenX. Chemours immediately challenged the HAL in court,...
We have regularly reported on the EPA‘s long-anticipated rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA. In April 2024, the EPA also issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), which aimed to have seven additional PFAS added to...
On June 5, 2024, John Gardella will speak at the annual Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) Legal Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. John's topic is on PFAS - specifically, his discussion will provide the latest on all regulatory and litigation issues related to...
On May 22, 2024, CMBG3 team members Madison Sarka, Tori Holtman, Veronica Lee, Jamie Strong and John Gardella volunteered part of their afternoon to place flags on the hillside of the Boston Common as part of an initiative by the Home Base and Massachusetts Military...
Please join David Goldman and Kendra Bergeron on June 14, 2024 at 10:45am for their "Rhode Island Mass Toxic Tort Litigation" presentation at the Rhode Island Bar Association's Annual Meeting in Providence, RI. The presentation will have panelists from the defense...