Legal Resources
PFAS Medical Monitoring Goes To State Supreme Court
A year-and-a-half ago, we predicted that in the PFAS litigation world, medical monitoring claims would quickly become a claim that finds its way into numerous PFAS cases with ever-increasing risks and cost to companies embroiled in the lawsuits. On November 15, 2022,...
John Gardella Joins HB Litigation Podcast On PFAS
John Gardella recently joined HB Litigation's Tom Hagy on the Emerging Litigation Podcast to discuss issues surrounding the recent trend of increasing numbers of PFAS consumer fraud lawsuits. John and Tom discuss what these cases allege, the damages sought, legal...
Ethylene Oxide Defense Verdict Causes Ripple Effects
In September, we reported on the first Ethylene Oxide (EtO) trial, which resulted in a $363 million verdict for a plaintiff who alleged that her breast cancer was caused by excessive exposure to EtO from a nearby facility. In that case, a Cook County (Illinois) jury...
Michigan PFAS Regulations Struck Down By Court
On November 15, 2022, a Michigan state court struck down Michigan PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits. While several arguments were advanced by 3M in challenging Michigan's PFAS drinking water standards, the Court ultimately found in favor of...
REI PFAS Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Continues Trend of Similar Lawsuits
On October 28, 2022, a PFAS consumer fraud class action lawsuit was filed in Washington against REI over alleged PFAS content in various articles of waterproof clothing sold by the company. The REI PFAS consumer fraud lawsuit is but the latest in a growing line of...
California PFAS Lawsuit Could Be Biggest State PFAS Lawsuit To Date
On November 10, 2022, California's Attorney general filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies seeking damages for PFAS pollution to the environment throughout the state. While the Complaint seeks damages from pollution related to only seven of the thousands of...
CERCLA PFAS Comment Period Closes
We previously reported on the EPA's long-anticipated proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA. The public comment period for the CERCLA PFAS proposed rule closed on November 7, 2022, so the EPA will now undertake a review of the...
EPA’s Contaminant List Includes All PFAS
We previously reported on the EPA's announcement for its Draft Fifth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5), which contemplated listing all PFAS as an entire class on the Contaminant List. On October 28, 2022, the EPA issued its prepublication version of the final CCL 5...
PFAS Legislative Developments (October 2022)
October 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments October Legislation Tracking (Oct 1, 2022 – Oct 31, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – Ocotber 2022 Grants for PFAS Agricultural Contamination Federal Level Key point addressed: Authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to...
John Gardella Invited PFAS Speaker At IADC Executive Committee Event
On Wednesday, November 16 at 12pm Central, the IADC's Insurance Executives committee will hold its latest Executive Forum call. The call will also be open to the Insurance and Reinsurance, Environmental and Energy Law, and the Toxic and Hazardous Substances...
Whitney Barrows To Provide Opening Remarks At DRI Asbestos Medicine
CMBG3 Law's Whitney Barrows will be at the DRI Asbestos Medicine Conference in San Diego from November 2 through November 4, 2022, and had the honor of being asked to provide opening remarks and introduce the speakers for the Young Lawyers' Sessions on Thursday,...
John Gardella To Speak At Perrin PFAS Webinar
On November 30, 2022, John Gardella will speak at Perrin's incredibly timely virtual event entitled "One Year Since EPA's PFAS Roadmap - Updates and Preparation for 2023." This free CLE webinar will take place from 2:00 - 3:30pm ET. John and his fellow panelists will...