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Ethylene Oxide Litigation Expands To California
By: David Goldman, Esq. Background Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is a reactive chemical widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including...
John Gardella Will Speak On PFAS At EECMA Conference
Please join John Gardella on April 4 and 5, 2024 for the Environmental & Emerging Claim Manager Association’s (EECMA) annual conference in Savannah, Georgia. John will speak on a panel at the conference on April 5 at 10:15 - 10:55am on the subject of PFAS. The...
PFAS Legislative Developments (March2024)
March 2024 PFAS Legislative Developments March Legislation Tracking (March 1 – March 31)Current Trends in Legislation – March 2024Federal Legislature Six new bills were introduced. Two bills are identical and establish a fund to compensate firefighters who have been...
Elizabeth Bain Co-Chairs PLI Conference in NYC
Elizabeth Bain will serve as the co-chair of this year's Practising Law Institute (PLI) Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law conference, which will be held on April 3, 2024 in Manhattan. The PLI conference "provides timely and experienced instruction to help...
PFAS Drinking Water Rule Clears White House: Let the Litigation Begin
For a few years, we have written about the EPA’s efforts to enact enforceable drinking water levels at the federal level for PFAS. It was clear long ago that the EPA’s PFAS drinking water standards would include at least PFOA and PFOS, with a likelihood of at least a...
Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Case Taken Up By State Supreme Court
On several occasions, we wrote regarding a Michigan state court ruling that struck down Michigan’s PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits, with the ensuing appeal in December 2022 by the state. In 2023, the Appeals Court ruled in a 2-1 decision...
PFAS Air Emissions Lawsuit: What Diapers, Toilet Paper and Facial Tissue Tell Us About the Next Waves
On February 28, 2024, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Connecticut federal court alleging that PFAS air emissions caused contamination to nearby land to a tissue facility that in the past manufactured diapers. The case, Bethany DePaul, et al v. Kimberly Clark,...
John Gardella Invited To Speak At Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law Institute 2024 Meeting
On April 3, 2024, Attorney John Gardella will speak in Manhattan at the Practising Law Institute's (PLI) Manufacturing and Consumer Products Law Institute 2024. John's presentation is titled "PFAS: 2024's Greatest Manufacturing & Consumer Products Business Risk...
California PFAS Ban In Products: 6th Largest Global Economy Enters the Fray
We reported extensively on the landmark legislation passed in Maine in 2021 and Minnesota in 2023, which were at the time the most far-reaching PFAS ban in the United States. Other states, including Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have subsequently introduced...
CMBG3 Attending Reuters Responsible Business USA 2024 Conference
John Gardella and Amaran Toppa will attend the Reuters Responsible Business USA 2024 conference in New York City from March 26-27, 2024. John and Amaran will join senior executives from dozens of global companies as they come together to discuss the latest issues in...
AFFF MDL Updates: Dupont Settlement Delayed, Personal Injury Cases Move Forward
We previously provided an update on the AFFF MDL settlements by DuPont and 3M of the hundreds of water utility claims on the docket. After a final fairness hearing with the Court in December 2023, the DuPont proposed settlement of $1.185 billion was approved by the...
CERCLA PFAS Exemptions Hearing Sees Little Progress
We previously reported on the EPA‘s long-anticipated proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA. After an extensive public comment period, the EPA's proposed final rule was sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget...