Monthly newsletter Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern keeps clients informed on the latest legal, regulatory and scientific developments related to substances of emerging concern....more
12/1/2025
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CERCLA ,
Damages ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
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Monthly newsletter Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern keeps clients informed on the latest legal, regulatory and scientific developments related to substances of emerging concern. Each issue...more
10/31/2025
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Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Governor Newsom ,
Labeling ,
New Legislation ,
PFAS ,
Plastics ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Health ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Tucker Act
On September 11, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in American Water Works Ass’n v. EPA, Case No. 24-1188 (D.C. Cir.), to partially vacate its...more
9/29/2025
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Appeals ,
CERCLA ,
Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
PFAS ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Vacated ,
Vacatur
Illinois expands jurisdiction and regulation of PFAS, court dismisses suit challenging Minnesota ban on cookware with PFAS, California initiates process to regulate microplastics under state Safer Consumer Products Law, and...more
9/18/2025
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Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Illinois ,
New Legislation ,
PA Supreme Court ,
PFAS ,
Plastics ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Safer Consumer Product Regulations ,
State and Local Government ,
Toxic Chemicals
On August 15, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed nearly 270 bills into law, including legislation expanding jurisdiction for claims of exposure to “toxic” substances, as well as two new laws regulating the use of PFAS. In a...more
8/29/2025
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Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Jurisdiction ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure
First effective in 2024, the Act bans the sale or distribution of various products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. On January 1, 2026, as part of the product phase-out timeline, the new law bans the sale or...more
8/1/2025
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Consumer Product Companies ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Policies ,
Food Safety ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Manufacturers ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
PFAS ,
Product Packaging ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Toxic Chemicals
A Northern District of California judge issued a sweeping dismissal of a microplastics class action that would have lowered the bar on the sufficiency of allegations of potential hazards from microplastics....more
7/10/2025
/ Actual Reliance ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Consumers Legal Remedies Act ,
False Advertising ,
Jurisdictional Thresholds ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Microbeads ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Plastics ,
Product Labels ,
Public Health ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On May 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally published in the Federal Register (89 Fed. Reg. 39124) its long-awaited final rule designating two of the most studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more