John Gardella recently joined HB Litigation's Tom Hagy on the Emerging Litigation Podcast to discuss issues surrounding the recent trend of increasing numbers of PFAS consumer fraud lawsuits. John and Tom discuss what these cases allege, the damages sought, legal...
On November 15, 2022, a Michigan state court struck down Michigan PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits. While several arguments were advanced by 3M in challenging Michigan's PFAS drinking water standards, the Court ultimately found in favor of...
On October 28, 2022, a PFAS consumer fraud class action lawsuit was filed in Washington against REI over alleged PFAS content in various articles of waterproof clothing sold by the company. The REI PFAS consumer fraud lawsuit is but the latest in a growing line of...
On November 10, 2022, California's Attorney general filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies seeking damages for PFAS pollution to the environment throughout the state. While the Complaint seeks damages from pollution related to only seven of the thousands of...
We previously reported on the EPA's long-anticipated proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA. The public comment period for the CERCLA PFAS proposed rule closed on November 7, 2022, so the EPA will now undertake a review of the...
We previously reported on the EPA's announcement for its Draft Fifth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5), which contemplated listing all PFAS as an entire class on the Contaminant List. On October 28, 2022, the EPA issued its prepublication version of the final CCL 5...
October 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments October Legislation Tracking (Oct 1, 2022 – Oct 31, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – Ocotber 2022 Grants for PFAS Agricultural Contamination Federal Level Key point addressed: Authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to...
On Wednesday, November 16 at 12pm Central, the IADC's Insurance Executives committee will hold its latest Executive Forum call. The call will also be open to the Insurance and Reinsurance, Environmental and Energy Law, and the Toxic and Hazardous Substances...
On November 30, 2022, John Gardella will speak at Perrin's incredibly timely virtual event entitled "One Year Since EPA's PFAS Roadmap - Updates and Preparation for 2023." This free CLE webinar will take place from 2:00 - 3:30pm ET. John and his fellow panelists will...
September 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments September Legislation Tracking (Sept 1, 2022 – Sept 30, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – September 2022 Military Installments and PFAs Monitoring Federal Level Key point addressed: Assist with identify reporting on PFAs...