Safety-ism & Jury Trials – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 61
PFAS: Increasing Regulations and Managing Legal Liability
EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators
What are PFAS and Why Should We Care?
Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 58 – The Paradise Syndrome
Daily Compliance News: January 22, 2020, the Heads Will Roll edition
12 O'Clock High-Leadership Lessons from James Garfield
Daily Compliance News: July 26, 2019, the who are you friends edition
The Use of Monitors by State Attorneys General-Part I: The Role of State Attorneys General as Enforcers
Butler Celebrates International Women's Day
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
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"Damages" in an Injury Lawsuit: An Introduction for Lay People
Your Deposition: What to Expect
Why Secret Settlements of Injury Lawsuits Are Bad (for Everyone but the Defendant)
In Terra Management Group v. Keaten the Colorado Supreme Court held on June 23 that a “court may sanction a party for the destruction of relevant evidence if the party knew or should have known that (1) litigation was pending...more
Court: Superior Court of California, County of Alameda - On June 15, 2023, plaintiffs Alvarino and Dianna J. DaSilva first filed an asbestos action in the Alameda County, Calif., Superior Court, alleging that Alvarino DaSilva...more
Court: Massachusetts Superior Court, Middlesex County - A Massachusetts jury awarded plaintiff Janice Paluzzi $8 million in damages against defendant Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (collectively, J&J)....more
Virginia AG Jason Miyares, along with a bipartisan coalition of eight other AGs, announced a $720 million settlement with eight opioid drug manufacturers to resolve allegations that they contributed to the opioid epidemic....more
The Trump administration will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would reconsider the rule. The rule requires companies to phase out their use of chrysotile asbestos, which is the...more
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Division - In this asbestos action, plaintiff Reginald Short alleged asbestos exposure from, among other things, asbestos-containing shipping...more
A recent study published in Nature Microbiology by researchers at the University of Cambridge revealed that certain human gut bacteria may have the capacity to bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and...more
In October 2024, Grizzly Research LLC issued the so-called Grizzly Report, which shared the results from its testing at four different laboratories across the United States, Germany, and China to compare the presence of per-...more
The Northern District of Texas recently issued a pivotal decision for long-tail injury cases. It clarified that under Texas law, excess liability coverage for long-tail injury claims can center on an exposure trigger theory....more
In July 2025, just days before trial, plaintiffs in Baker et al. v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co. reached a $27 million settlement with Dupont, resolving claims related to the contamination of drinking water in Hoosick...more
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division - In the case of Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory, plaintiff Pecos River Talc LLC (“Pecos River”) – a corporate entity formed as part of...more
Key Takeaways - - The Washington Supreme Court has relaxed the evidentiary burden for employees seeking to bypass the workers’ compensation tort immunity that typically protects Washington employers. - Employees may now...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AGs Renew Call for FDA Guidance on Toxic Heavy Metals in...more
Court: Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Bridgeport - Plaintiff Jacob Russell Herman Sr. filed an action in the Superior Court of Connecticut as the surviving spouse and executor of the estate of the late...more
Monsanto has recently settled with families who claimed they were exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at a school near Seattle, ending what had become one of the most closely watched toxic tort cases in recent memory....more
A recently filed class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington underscores growing legal risks for retailers and distributors of rice products in the United States. Plaintiffs in Wright...more
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
Individuals and families across the United States are pursuing lawsuits related to ultra-processed foods (UPFs). In these lawsuits, the plaintiffs allege that ultra-processed food manufacturers deserve to be held accountable...more
On June 30, 2025, Delaware legislators unanimously passed regulations that would require water providers in the state to begin testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) next year, one year sooner than federal...more
In a contentious 5–2 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has dealt an unprecedented blow to the state’s business and manufacturing sector by ruling that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) can force cleanup of PFAS...more
New research suggests that sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. Waterkeeper Alliance, in partnership with local Waterkeeper groups and the...more
In May 2025, the Supreme Court of Washington overruled previous precedent regarding the deliberate intent to injure exception related to workers’ compensation immunity for employers, finding that an employee may sue its...more
In the first half of 2025, two private enforcers have targeted over 200 companies operating in the state for purported exposure to Bisphenol S (BPS) from retail store thermal receipts provided to customers in California. The...more
The Appellate Court of Maryland (“App. Ct.”) addressed in a June 27th Opinion issues arising out of alleged mold exposure. See Candace McCarthy v. Board of Commissioners for Frederick County, Maryland, 2025 WL 1778818....more
On June 30, 2025, Governor Newsom signed two budget trailer bills into law: Assembly Bill 130 and Senate Bill 131, which reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) effective immediately. As explained by the...more