PFAS

PFAS Legislative Developments (August 2023)

PFAS Legislative Developments (August 2023)

August 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments August Legislation Tracking (August 1, 2023 – August 31, 2023)Current Trends in Legislation – August 2023Federal Bills Introduced Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI 7th District) introduced five bills this month. All five...

read more
PFAS Legislative Developments (July 2023)

PFAS Legislative Developments (July 2023)

July 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments July Legislation Tracking (July 1, 2023 – July 31, 2023)Current Trends in Legislation – July 2023  Federal Bills Introduced Federal Level Key point addressed: Appropriations for PFAS programs in various agencies, including...

read more

PFAS Legislative Developments (August 2021)

August 2021 PFAS Legislative Developments August Legislation Tracking (August 1, 2021 – August 31, 2021)Current Trends in Legislation – August 2021Military Reporting and Remediation Federal Level Key point addressed: Reporting and testing of PFAS on military...

read more
PFAS AFFF MDL Settlements Moving Forward

PFAS AFFF MDL Settlements Moving Forward

Since we last provided an update earlier this month on the proposed settlements put forth by the parties in the PFAS AFFF MDL, a few significant steps forward have been taken towards finalizing the settlements by year end. In June 2023, news outlets of all varieties...

read more
PFAS State AG Lawsuits Increase Again In August

PFAS State AG Lawsuits Increase Again In August

2023 has proven to be an extremely busy year for PFAS state AG lawsuits seeking environmental pollution remediation costs from PFAS manufacturers and AFFF manufacturers. We previously wrote regarding Illinois (February), Maine (April), Kentucky (April),  Rhode Island,...

read more
Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Proposal Struck Down

Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Proposal Struck Down

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. We last updated that at recent oral arguments on...

read more
PFAS Blood Testing Bill – Impact On Litigation?

PFAS Blood Testing Bill – Impact On Litigation?

Last year, we wrote regarding a recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to offer patients PFAS blood testing for patients suspected to have had high levels of PFAS exposure. Now, several politicians are taking the NAS recommendations one step further...

read more