Legal Resources
EPA Targets Lead In Cosmetics and Consumer Products
The EPA recently released the Federal Lead Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts, which primarily seeks to reduce exposure from paint, drinking water, soil and emissions. Limiting exposure through cosmetics and consumer...
CA Supreme Court Decertifies Ruling Regarding Cereal Warnings
Earlier this year, California’s Proposition 65 (California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986) made national news because of litigation over whether your morning cup of coffee needed to come with a warning about cancer and reproductive...
Gilliam Stewart Wins Oral Argument For MSJ in California
Gilliam Stewart of CMBG3’s San Francisco office successfully argued a motion for summary judgment on behalf of one of our clients in the asbestos litigation, asserting that the decedent's heirs’ action was time-barred under the applicable one-year statute of...
An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Massachusetts Court Upholds Insurers’ Right to Control
The Massachusetts Superior Court ruled that an insurer who agrees to defend without a reservation of rights[1] may select defense counsel and control the defense of covered lawsuits. This ruling is consistent with Massachusetts precedent and reinforces limiting...
First Two Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries Open in MA
More than two years ago, we reported on Massachusetts voters legalizing the use of recreational marijuana by adults 21 and older, and recently history was made as the state marked the launch of its first recreational marijuana dispensaries. Two medical marijuana...
Massachusetts Federal Court Clarifies Duty to Defend for Pollution Claims
Starting in the 1970’s, commercial generally liability (“CGL”) policies utilized a pollution exclusion that prohibited coverage for bodily injury or property damage arising out of the discharge of various environmental contaminants. The exclusion did not, however,...
California Passes Mobile Home Owner Protection Bill
CMBG3 has been closely following the progress of Assembly Bill 3066, the “Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act.” On September 26, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown approved the bill and it was chaptered by the California Secretary of State. AB 3066 is intended to balance...
San Francisco Asks Court To Uphold Soda Warning Labels
On Tuesday, an 11 judge en banc panel in the Ninth Circuit court in California heard argument as to whether a prior three-judge Ninth Circuit panel erred in blocking a San Francisco ordinance requiring health warnings on sugary drinks. Under the ordinance, the warning...
California Considers Bill For Mobile Home Owners
Affordable housing is an important issue for the state of California. In fact, the California state legislature has created numerous varieties of tenant protections throughout the state. Mobile home parks in particular have provided alternative options for affordable...
Glysophate Studies and Litigation Follow Dewayne Johnson Verdict
Since its inception, CMBG3 has been following the emergence what we predicted will be one of the next big waves of litigation in the toxic torts world - the chemical, glysophate. Now, on the heels of a California jury awarding a plaintiff $289 million in damages in...
First Glysophate Trial Ends With Plaintiff’s Verdict
CMBG3 Law previously reported on the start of the first trial in the country in which allegations that glysophate in Monsanto's Roundup and Ranger Pro weed killers cause cancer are being presented to the jury. CMBG3's Matt Lite has brought you the latest from this...
Cereal Will Not Have To Carry Prop 65 Warning
California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly referred to as “Proposition 65” or “Prop 65”) was passed with the intention of providing consumers with information regarding cancer-causing agents in products that would allow consumers to...