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...
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...
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...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Pat Rizzuto, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for her article regarding the proposed DuPont and 3M settlements in the AFFF MDL. Ms. Rizzuto is a Senior Chemicals’ Reporter for Bloomberg Law that has closely following and...
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...
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,...
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...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Hayleigh Colombo, writer for The Buffalo News, for her article regarding PFAS costs and remediation issues for New York's drinking water sources. The article examines the steps that New York is taking to address PFAS...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Carey Gillam, contributing writer for The Guardian and Managing Editor of The New Lede publication, for her article regarding the ongoing debate surrounding PFAS and CERCLA liability. The article examines the impacts...
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...