Legal Resources
Green New Deal: Climate Legislation or Empty Promises?
With sweeping declarations identifying a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create thousands of high-paying jobs, the proposed Green New Deal superficially appears to be the climate legislation that green advocates have been waiting for. However, upon closer...
PFAS Bill Makes Its Way Through Vermont Legislature
In January 2020, a PFAS bill was introduced in the Vermont Senate ("An Act Relating To Restrictions On Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Other Chemicals of Concern In Consumer Products") that would significantly impact the sale of certain...
COVID Waiver Not Waving Goodbye To Lawsuits
During the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are moving towards a “new normal” in dealing with customers. We’ve all had experiences like this: When you walk into a business, you are greeted by a masked employee. You are asked to sanitize your hands. Signs are posted...
EPA’s Asbestos Problem: Pending Litigation and Draft Risk Evaluation
Multiple States’ Attorneys General and asbestos advocacy groups are suing EPA in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California[1]. The plaintiffs are seeking judicial intervention concerning EPA “arbitrary and capricious” decision to deny states’...
Rhode Island Superior Court Establishes a Formal Protocol for Remote Depositions
Covid-19 has impacted all phases of American life, and the nation’s legal system has certainly not been immune. However, after an initial period of uncertainty, lawyers and court systems across the country have adapted to the situation in order to keep the wheels of...
PFAS “Sovereign Immunity” Means Companies May Pay
Environmental watch groups, legislators, the media, and litigators have all squarely focused on PFAS contamination in one primary source - water. More specifically, drinking water. Environmental groups test local water supplies and report PFAS counts, politicians...
EPA’s PFAS Statement For GenX Chemicals Leads To Uncertainty
On Monday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler stated during an interview with The USA Today Network that a manufacturer of various PFAS should switch its production to "newer, less dangerous" forms of PFAS, including the GenX class of PFAS. The statement came in advance...
Creosote Litigation: Understanding and defending the industrial and commercial uses
A new toxic tort lawsuit was recently filed against a railroad company in Houston, Texas. Plaintiffs allege that the coal tar used by the railroad between 1950 and 1985 contained creosote that contaminated the air and ground of the railroad property and plaintiffs’...
PFAS In Food Packaging Target of New CA Regulatory Body
California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (CDTSC) is holding a public consultation on its proposal to regulate plant fiber-based food packaging containing PFAS as a Priority Product under the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) regulations. Under the regulations,...
PFAS Compliance Planning Critical For Manufacturers
Covid-19 has caused numerous changes to the restaurant and food industries in the United States, from increased sanitation to expanded exhaust ventilation requirements to social distancing and more. However, one enormous change has come in a surprising area and is...
CMBG3 Attends Conversation With Indian Ambassador
CMBG3’s Government Affairs team recently attended a candid conversation with Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Sandhu. This event was organized by the New England Council, a non-partisan alliance of businesses, academic and health institutions, and...
PFAS National Class Action Clock Is Ticking
Plaintiff’s counsel in Hardwick v. 3M filed a motion on July 31, 2020 seeking an order certifying a nationwide class in a suit against several PFAS manufacturers. If the class is approved, this will be the most significant PFAS case to date for numerous reasons...