On August 21, 2025, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection held its public hearing on its first wave of currently unavoidable use (CUU) determinations under Maine’s PFAS in products law, 38 M.R.S. § 1614, which prohibits the sale of consumer products containing...
Toxic Tort
Ethylene Oxide Litigation: Your Company Has Been Sued- Now What?
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...
Ethylene Oxide Verdict in Georgia – $20 Million
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...
States Step In On PFAS Drinking Water Regulations
Since taking office In January 2025, the Trump Administration has been swift in its mission to rollback regulations across the federal government. These environmental rollbacks by the Trump EPA have been described by the agency itself as “the biggest deregulatory...
EPA PFAS “Action List” Answers Little and Raises New Questions
Under the Biden Administration, the federal government published a detailed PFAS Strategic Roadmap document that enumerated specific action items that the EPA would address during Biden's presidency. Under the Trump administration, uncertainty has been the theme of...
The Missing Piece to Your Business’ Litigation Team: Using A National Coordinating Counsel to Manage Your Mass Tort Litigation
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...
Ethylene Oxide Case Starts Trial In Georgia
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...
CMBG3 Achieves Full Voluntary Dismissal in New York Talc Appeal
(New York, NY) - A New York City plaintiff has dismissed CMBG3’s client with prejudice, shortly after oral argument of its appeal before the Appellate Division, First Department. The plaintiff alleged that CMBG3’s client manufactured a dangerous product, claiming that...
Defense Verdict in First Ethylene Oxide Case to Go To Verdict in Colorado
Background Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and...
John Gardella To Speak at PLI’s Manufacturing & Consumer Products Conference
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...