Over the past decade, green advertising has shifted from a reputational concern into a legitimate financial and legal risk. As 2026 settles in, this trend is only expected to intensify due to the regulatory shifts within the United States and on a global scale. Within...
Matthew Lite
Maine Continues to Lay the Groundwork for One of the Nation’s Strongest PFAS Consumer Product Bans
On August 21, 2025, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection held its public hearing on its first wave of currently unavoidable use (CUU) determinations under Maine’s PFAS in products law, 38 M.R.S. § 1614, which prohibits the sale of consumer products containing...
Appellate Court TSCA Decision Pauses Litigation Challenging TSCA Procedures
Right on the heels of Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement of the EPA’s plan of action to combat PFAS contamination under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a somewhat surprising...
THE IMPACT OF NEW FRE 702 AMENDMENTS ON MASS TORT LITIGATION
By: Matthew Lite, Esq. Experts often provide the most impactful and influential testimony a jury hears at trial. Unfortunately, even though many experts possess advanced college degrees and other impressive credentials, and testify with an air of confidence, that...




