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PFAS Legislative Developments (December 2023)
December 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments December Legislation Tracking (December 1 – December 31)Current Trends in Legislation – December 2023Federal Legislature One new bill introduced that seeks to modify the use of PFAS in cosmetics (11/30/2023). Federal...
John Gardella Interviewed On PFAS By New Lede Publication
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Shannon Kelleher, contributing writer for The Guardian and The New Lede publication, for her article regarding the recent Hardwick decision out of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned a massive class...
PFAS Legislative Developments (November 2023)
November 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments November Legislation Tracking (November 1 – November 30)Current Trends in Legislation – November 2023Federal Legislature No new bills were introduced in November. Federal Regulations 88 FR 80717. On 11/20/23, the EPA gave...
IARC PFAS Findings Will Influence Litigation and EPA Challenges
On December 1, 2023, the International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC) released its findings with respect to the carcinogenicity of PFOA and PFOS, which was the result of a conference held in Lyon, France in November 2023. IARC found that PFOA is "carcinogenic"...
Ohio PFAS Lawsuit Settled For $100 Million
On December 1, 2023, it was announced that the state of Ohio had settled an environmental pollution lawsuit (State of Ohio v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., et al.) against DuPont (and spinoff companies Chemours and Corteva) for $110 million. The case pertained to...
PFAS State AG Lawsuits Update: Delaware Enters the Fray
2023 has proven to be an extremely busy year for PFAS state AG lawsuits seeking environmental pollution remediation costs from PFAS manufacturers and AFFF manufacturers. We previously wrote that Illinois (February), Maine (April), Kentucky (April), Rhode Island,...
PFAS and WHO: Major Conference This Week Will Impact Litigation
This week, the International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC) is holding a week-long conference in Lyon, France to discuss the carcinogenicity of PFOA and PFAS. IARC is the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) and it exists to coordinate and...
PFAS Legislative Developments (October 2023)
October 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments October Legislation Tracking (October 1 – October 31)Current Trends in Legislation – October 2023Federal Legislature Two Federal bills introduced in September. One bill requires the Secretary of Defense to request...
Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Case Is Appealed
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. We last updated that on August 22, 2023, the...
PFAS Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Update: New Protein Supplement Case In NY
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...
PFAS Air Emissions: EPA’s Next Target
On August 9, 2023, the EPA published its proposed updated Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR), which seeks to allow EPA to collect air emissions data on PFAS from companies, even though PFAS are currently not designated as a chemical that can be regulated under the...
Bloomberg Interviews John Gardella On PFAS Bankruptcies Growing In Number
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Alex Wolf, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for his article regarding how companies might be viewing bankruptcy court protection in light of the estimated trillions of dollars of costs to companies on the horizon to deal...