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
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
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
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
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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
California microplastics case dismissed, MAHA Commission releases its report, federal PFAS priorities change, IARC classifies automotive gasoline, and more....more