Legal Resources
Hardwick PFAS Case: Pivotal Oral Argument Sees Pushback On Plaintiffs’ Arguments
We previously updated regarding 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. We previously wrote about the details of the Hardwick PFAS case and Ohio court’s decision to...
Recent Georgia Settlement of 79 Cases Proves That The 2022 Willowbrook Settlement May Be Just The Beginning
At the beginning of this year, we posited in an article entitled “Is the Sterigenics Settlement The First of Many Ethylene Oxide Settlements or is it Aberrational?” that the 2022 settlement by Sterigenics in the amount of $408 million to resolve 870 cases arising from...
PFAS TRI Exemptions Gone…Businesses Must Pay Attention
We previously reported on the EPA’s expansion of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements to include 189 types of PFAS and the EPA's proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to curtail the “de minimus exemption” to TRI PFAS...
PFAS Legislative Developments (September 2023)
September 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments September Legislation Tracking (September 1 – September 30)Current Trends in Legislation – September 2023Federal Legislature One Federal bill introduced in September, designed to begin replacing PFAS in materials used in...
TSCA PFAS Final Reporting Rule Is Here
We have previously written regarding EPA's efforts to create new PFAS rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On September 28, 2023, EPA released its TSCA PFAS final rule, which significantly expanded reporting and recordkeeping practices related to...
PFAS and Consumer Goods On the Radar (Again)
PFAS and consumer goods has received ever-increasing attention in the last couple of years, as private citizens, media, and certain litigation has focused more on the topic. Now, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) enters the fray with a significant Request...
John Gardella To Speak On ESG At Assent’s Evolve-On-The-Ground
Attorney John Gardella will participate in an expert discussion at Assent's Evolve-On-The-Ground event on October 5, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The panel discussion is entitled "The World As It Is: Expert Insights On Global Compliance Trends" and a description of the...
John Gardella To Speak At ALM’s General Counsel East Conference
Attorney John Gardella will moderate a panel at ALM's General Counsel East conference on October 3, 2023 at 10:05am ET on the topic of ESG strategies for General Counsel to consider. His panel discussion, entitled "Datafying Your ESG Initiatives & Defining...
PFAS Legislative Developments (August 2023)
August 2023 PFAS Legislative Developments August Legislation Tracking (August 1, 2023 – August 31, 2023)Current Trends in Legislation – August 2023Federal Bills Introduced Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI 7th District) introduced five bills this month. All five...
Bloomberg Interviews John Gardella On PFAS MDL Settlements
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Pat Rizzuto, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for her article regarding the proposed DuPont and 3M settlements in the AFFF MDL. Ms. Rizzuto is a Senior Chemicals’ Reporter for Bloomberg Law that has closely following and...
PFAS AFFF MDL Settlements Moving Forward
Since we last provided an update earlier this month on the proposed settlements put forth by the parties in the PFAS AFFF MDL, a few significant steps forward have been taken towards finalizing the settlements by year end. In June 2023, news outlets of all varieties...
PFAS State AG Lawsuits Increase Again In August
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 regarding Illinois (February), Maine (April), Kentucky (April), Rhode Island,...