CMBG3 Law's John Gardella will join Assent's Cally Edgren on April 25, 2024 at 10am ET for a webinar on the legal risks around PFAS for manufacturers. Through an interactive discussion format webinar, Cally and John will examine the liabilities companies currently...
John Gardella was recently interviewed for a NTD News television segment on the impact that the EPA's PFAS drinking water regulations will have on companies. In the three minute segment, John provides a glimpse at how far-reaching the EPA's initiatives will truly be,...
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...
By: David Goldman, Esq. Background Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is a reactive chemical widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including...
Please join John Gardella on April 4 and 5, 2024 for the Environmental & Emerging Claim Manager Association’s (EECMA) annual conference in Savannah, Georgia. John will speak on a panel at the conference on April 5 at 10:15 - 10:55am on the subject of PFAS. The...
Elizabeth Bain will serve as the co-chair of this year's Practising Law Institute (PLI) Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law conference, which will be held on April 3, 2024 in Manhattan. The PLI conference "provides timely and experienced instruction to help...
For a few years, we have written about the EPA’s efforts to enact enforceable drinking water levels at the federal level for PFAS. It was clear long ago that the EPA’s PFAS drinking water standards would include at least PFOA and PFOS, with a likelihood of at least a...
On April 3, 2024, Attorney John Gardella will speak in Manhattan at the Practising Law Institute's (PLI) Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law Institute 2024. John's presentation is titled "PFAS: 2024's Greatest Manufacturing & Consumer Products Business Risk...
On several occasions, we wrote regarding a Michigan state court ruling that struck down Michigan’s PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits, with the ensuing appeal in December 2022 by the state. In 2023, the Appeals Court ruled in a 2-1 decision...
On February 28, 2024, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Connecticut federal court alleging that PFAS air emissions caused contamination to nearby land to a tissue facility that in the past manufactured diapers. The case, Bethany DePaul, et al v. Kimberly Clark,...