The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new interim lifetime drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), as well as final health advisories for...more
6/16/2022
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Key Takeaways Likened by some to motherhood and apple pie, the Environmental Rights Amendment was adopted by New York with a resounding “Yes” on November 2, 2021, with approximately 68% of voters approving the new amendment....more
Key Takeaways - The FDA’s Patient Engagement Advisory Committee, organized under the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”), held a public meeting on October 6, 2021, to discuss issues surrounding the...more
Key Takeaways - The Ninth Circuit holds that, following changes to Rule 23(e), the Bluetooth factors for fairness of pre-certification class action settlements also apply to post-certification settlements....more
Key Takeaways - The PFAS litigation landscape – already involving PFAS manufacturers and purchasers of PFAS-containing fluoropolymers and firefighting films – is in the process of expanding, which is putting new companies and...more
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court, class action defendants have arguments that there is no personal jurisdiction over non-resident class members in putative class actions brought...more