With climate change policy at the center of the Biden-Harris agenda, what impacts and opportunities will we see during the next four years, nationally and in California?
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After years in the making behind closed doors, on February 14, 2020, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California State Water...more
6/18/2020
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Contaminated Properties ,
Draft Guidance ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Redevelopment ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Vapor Intrusion ,
Vapor Intrusion Guidance
Will Single-Use Products and Packaging Be a Thing of the Past in California? -
Walk down virtually any street, sidewalk, path, beach or trail in California and you will invariably find at least some single-use product or...more
6/13/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
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Made in the USA ,
Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
SCOTUS ,
Single-Use/No Resale Restriction
Walk down virtually any street, sidewalk, path, beach or trail in California and you will invariably find at least some single-use product or packaging as discarded waste. In most urban areas this has become a significant...more
California Readies for Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility for Pharma Waste -
The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year. Significant...more
4/10/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Lanham Act ,
Medical Examinations ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Retailers ,
Song-Beverly Credit Card Act ,
Waste ,
Waste Disposal
The sale of needles (sharps) and pharmaceutical drugs in California is estimated to be on the order of $50 billion per year. Significant concerns have been raised about adverse impacts of wastes generated from the use of...more
California Assembly Member Phil Ting introduced AB 161 on January 7, 2019, which would phase out the use of paper receipts in favor of electronic ones. This bill would require, beginning January 1, 2022, that a proof of...more
Data Breach Lawsuits Continue to Fill the Courts -
Data breach litigation continues to fill the courts in all stages, with a new class action filed against Tempur Sealy International and the dismissal of a suit against...more
8/29/2017
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Data Breach ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Grocery Stores ,
Jurisdiction ,
Landfills ,
NAD ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
Title VII ,
Waste Management
Pending regulations now being developed by CalRecycle will have a significant impact on persons generating, transporting, recycling and disposing of organic waste in California. These regulations should become final by...more
CARB is in the process of revising their existing Enforcement Policy. They have been holding a series of informal workshops to update the policy consistent with current statutes. CARB’s current plan is to adopt this updated...more