Legal Resources
The AI Reckoning Has Arrived: The Case that Will Rewrite AI Laws in Products Liability
In the quiet shadows of the corners of the San Francisco Superior Courthouse, a consequential legal development in AI products liability litigation is rapidly unfolding. This unraveling situation is something every AI developer, deployer, and corporate counsel needs...
EPA Proposes Changes to PFAS Drinking Water Rules
On May 18, 2026, EPA proposed two significant changes to the federal drinking water regulations for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), commonly known as “forever chemicals.” The first would rescind the Biden-era standards for four categories of PFAS. The...
Workplace Technology: Smart Glasses and Workplace Privacy Concerns
As technology advances, private consumers now have access to devices that were once limited to specialized business or government use. Modern technology used by employers for work purposes and employees bringing their own technology to the job poses potential issues...
AI, eDiscovery, and Privilege: The Train Tracks That Are Now Colliding
The Privilege Problem: How AI is Reformulating eDiscovery’s Most Sensitive Issue AI has arrived in the legal technology space with It brings with it the prospect of cost cutting in discovery, acceleration of document production timelines, and pattern recognition...
NEPA in the News: March 2026 NEPA Round Up
March 2026 has brought the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) to the forefront of many disputes and political issues across the U.S. Notable NEPA challenges include challenges to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) expedited approval of coal mine...
EPA Announces Draft Contaminant Candidate List, Which Includes PFAS, Microplastics, and Pharmaceuticals
On April 02, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6). The CCL is a list of contaminants that are currently not subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water regulations...
PFAS Legislative Developments (March 2025)
March 2026 PFAS Legislative Developments March Legislation Tracking (March 1 – March 31)Current Trends in Legislation – March 2026Federal Legislature One new bill was introduced. State Legislature 30 bills were introduced across 11 states. Topics include comprehensive...
Trials: How to Avoid an Outsized Percentage of Fault in Toxic Tort Cases
The problem: Most toxic tort trials involve only 1-2 defendants, despite the existence of evidence implicating numerous, even dozens, of other entities as contributing to the plaintiff’s exposure to a toxic substance. Because the trial defendant is the topic of the...
The Importance of Early Appellate Retention in High-stakes Litigation
As multi-million dollar verdicts rise across the country, a new trend is emerging among defendants and insurers: retaining appellate counsel prior to trial. Naturally, trial attorneys are responsible for preserving arguments for appeal. But devastating verdicts and...
DNA Software Meets the Daubert Standard According to the Third Circuit and Adds to the List of New Technologies Being Used at Trial
In one of the latest intersections between technology and the courtroom, the Third Circuit has ruled that a particular brand of probabilistic genotyping DNA software (TrueAllele) is reliable enough to be used at trial. In a world of ever evolving technology, it is...
Third-Party Lab Testing and the New Wave of Consumer Product Litigation: What Manufacturers Need to Know
A common thread connects a growing number of consumer product class actions filed over the past two years: in nearly every case, the lawsuit traces back to a test result generated by an outside laboratory or consumer advocacy organization. Adhesive bandages alleged to...
Hardwick PFAS Case and Potential Class of 11 Million People Is Back
We previously wrote several articles on the Hardwick v. 3M case that originated in Ohio state court and found its way to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for interlocutory review. In the lawsuit, plaintiff Hardwick alleges that PFAS was absorbed into his...