John Gardella was interviewed by reporter Marina Schauffler of the Maine Morning Star for an article on Maine's efforts to tackle PFAS issues related to the use of AFFF by fire departments throughout the state. Attorney Gardella's insights related to the legal...
Businesses, large and small, can find themselves overwhelmed by litigation quickly, if and when they find themselves in the crosshairs of a developing litigation. For years, the best example of these crosshairs was those focused mainly on asbestos and those entities...
March 2025 PFAS Legislative Developments March Legislation Tracking (March 1 – March 31)Current Trends in Legislation – March 2025Federal Legislature One new bill was introduced. State Legislature Sixty six bills were introduced across fifteen states. Topics include:...
February 2025 PFAS Legislative Developments February Legislation Tracking (February 1 – February 28)Current Trends in Legislation – February 2025Federal Legislature One new bill was introduced. State Legislature 85 bills were introduced across 23 states. Topics...
John Gardella will speak on March 11, 2025 at PLI's virtual Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law Conference. His sessions will address why PFAS are 2025's greatest business risk and disruptor for the manufacturing and consumer products sectors. For more...
We have written numerous times over the past several years regarding the risks posed to current and historical corporate users of PFAS (whether knowingly or unknowingly), even as the stagelight focused most brightly for some time on risks from federal regulatory...
John Gardella is an invited speaker at the upcoming Ohio Groundwater Conference (virtual), which will take place on February 25, 2025. The conference will host invited experts to discuss groundwater, surface water, and hydrology issues relevant in today's landscape....
Directly on the heels of our article this week regarding the latest PFAS consumer fraud lawsuit (this time, against Samsung for its smart watches), Apple finds itself in a similar lawsuit over its smartwatches. The number of product types targeted for these lawsuits...
On several instances, we have written regarding consumer fraud PFAS class action lawsuits filed in several states. The number of product types targeted for these lawsuits are growing and diverse in terms of the industries targeted. While there has been at least one...
Last week, there was significant news in the PFAS realm when the EPA announced its long-awaited draft risk assessment with respect to PFOA and PFOS in sewer sludge from two popular methods of disposing of such sludge - landfilling and land application. Although the...