by John Gardella | Jan 12, 2021 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
For the past three years, we have put forth the prediction that the PFAS litigation would evolve by expanding beyond lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers for personal injuries to lawsuits against manufacturing companies that utilize PFAS as a component of their...
by John Gardella | Jan 8, 2021 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
Georgia’s recent Senate runoff elections resulted in a Democrat controlled U.S. Senate. The impact of the Georgia election will play out over the next few years, with some predicting that the narrow majority that Democrats have in the Senate will not guarantee...
by John Gardella | Dec 18, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
With just over thirty days until President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris are sworn into office, the Biden-Harris team continues to work on the many aspects of transition to ensure that change can commence immediately after swearing in. While...
by Alexandra Fraher | Dec 14, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
The Environmental Protection Agency recently requested public comment on guidance regarding its Significant New Use Rule for PFAS, accomplishing another goal under its PFAS Action Plan. This is just one of many avenues the EPA is taking to regulate per- and...
by Suzanne Englot | Dec 8, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced an interim strategy for regulating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in stormwater and wastewater discharges through its national permitting system that promises to have far-reaching impacts on...
by Jessica Deyoe | Dec 6, 2020 | Environmental, PFAS, Toxic Tort
In August 2020, we flagged that New York took a significant step in becoming the third state in the country to ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging. At the time, the legislation (S.8817 and A.4739-C) was passed by the New York...
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