Legal Resources
John Gardella Interviewed By Bloomberg On PFAS and Soil Issues
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Tripp Baltz, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for his article regarding recent state-level PFAS soil remediation standards, the impacts of these standards on corporate liability, and the possibility of federal soil...
Summary Judgment Obtained In Asbestos Mesothelioma Case
At the end of last week, the CMBG3 Team secured a favorable ruling on a Motion for Summary Judgment in Los Angeles Superior Court. Plaintiffs asserted that decedent was exposed to asbestos during his time in the United States Navy while on board several vessels from...
PFAS Updates: 3M’s Domestic and International PFAS Issues
Three recent PFAS issues have directly impacted 3M, one of the historic manufacturers of certain PFAS chemicals, both domestically and internationally. In the United States, the PFAS updates for 3M include two settlements to end litigation regarding 3M's alleged...
John Gardella Interviewed By Bloomberg On PFAS
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Pat Rizzuto, reporter for Bloomberg Law, for her article regarding changes that appear to be coming to the Restatement (Third) of Torts with respect to explicit support for medical monitoring lawsuits, even in the...
ESG’s Unintended Consequence – Lawsuits
The Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) movement has existed for over 10 years, but has taken on exponentially greater importance in the corporate, investment and insurance worlds in the last two to three years. With the Biden-Harris administration taking...
EPA One Step Closer To Regulating PFAS Under Superfund Law
Earlier today, the EPA announced that it will begin work to add four types of PFAS to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act's (RCRA) Hazardous Constituent List. Once the EPA completes the process to add certain PFAS to the RCRA list, those PFAS would...
GenX PFAS Toxicity Assessment By EPA – Are Businesses At Risk?
Earlier today, the EPA released its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX chemicals, part of the family of PFAS that have received substantial attention in the media in recent years. The GenX PFAS toxicity assessment is one of the key goals of the EPA's PFAS...
EPA Targets Ethylene Oxide
The Biden administration has not been shy about its emphasis on environmental justice, which is a sharp departure from the priorities of the Trump administration. Increasingly, the Biden administration is focusing on Ethylene Oxide (EtO), a reactive chemical widely...
ESG and Emerging Contaminants – Investors Beware
The Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") movement has existed for over 10 years, but has taken on exponentially greater importance in the corporate, investment and insurance worlds in the last two to three years. With the Biden-Harris administration taking...
John Gardella To Speak On PFAS At Perrin Conference
Please join John Gardella on October 27, 2021 at the Perrin Environmental Litigation and Coverage conference, which will take place in person at the Sheraton Times Square in New York City. John’s speaking engagement is on the topic of PFAS and he joins other thought...
EPA PFAS Plan – Companies Must Prepare Now
On Monday, the EPA rolled out what it dubbed a "sweeping proposal" for its approach to tackling PFAS issues. The EPA PFAS plan is a broad scale proposal to tackle PFAS issues on many levels, from testing requirements placed on industry, drinking water contamination...
California’s New Damages Legislation Will Harm Businesses
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law S.B. 447, which was sponsored by the Consumer Attorneys of California (an organization of 3,000 plaintiffs lawyers), and overturns the longstanding legislation to allow for pain and suffering damages to be...