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)
Last week, the Fourth Circuit denied defendants' petition for rehearing in Sommerville v. Union Carbide, a proposed class action for medical monitoring for alleged exposure to emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO). The denial of...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Decedent Michael Dandry Jr. was employed in various positions by defendant, Avondale, between June 1971 and August 1971. During that time,...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Hallner allege decedent Michael P. Dandry Jr. developed mesothelioma from asbestos...more
The Georgia Court of Appeals issued a decision on October 31, 2025, addressing the reliability and admissibility of expert testimony on general causation in toxic tort cases in Georgia. See Sterigenics US LLC. Mutz, No....more
A recent Missouri Court of Appeals decision provides helpful precedent for liability insurers facing legacy environmental claims and class actions. The court strictly construed the policy period, concluding that claims based...more
When a class action settlement is objected to and subsequently approved by the court, objectors sometimes appeal, which can substantially delay the settlement process including distribution of settlement funds to class...more
On October 30, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action complaint seeking medical monitoring, holding that the representative plaintiff lacked standing because mere exposure to ethylene...more
Pfizer Inc. is facing a growing number of lawsuits from patients who received Depo Provera injections—including patients who received their last injection decades ago in some cases. Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate)...more
There’s more to the bisphenol family of chemicals than the well-known BPA and BPS. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group examines a California initiative to classify all p,p’-bisphenol chemicals as causing...more
Kilpatrick’s Evan Nadel recently presented at the 2025 ANA Masters of Advertising Law Conference on the topic of “Federal Court Standing in Cases Alleging Consumer Products That Contain Harmful Chemicals (like PFAS or BPA) or...more
PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” have been on the radar of regulators and industry for years, but the recent pace and scope of action mark a turning point. Federal agencies are advancing the first national drinking water...more
Court: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts - Plaintiff Bruce K. Wright and per quod plaintiff Louise K. Wright allege Mr. Wright had asbestos exposure from working as a mechanic at multiple shops...more
With the rise of “Protein Maxing” among biohackers, fitness influencers, and health-conscious consumers, a major controversy has emerged that could seriously impact both consumers and protein supplement brands....more
On Oct. 30th, the Washington Supreme Court (6-3) issued a significant decision that will shape how product liability cases are handled when multiple states have connections to the dispute. ...more
When you start a medication like Dupixent (dupilumab), you expect relief from eczema or asthma, not the devastation of a cancer diagnosis. Yet growing medical evidence shows that some patients developed cutaneous T-cell...more
When does the statute of repose clock start ticking on a product liability claim involving long-term repeat use of many individually purchased units of a product? According to the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision in Burroughs...more
The first known lawsuit has now been filed against the makers of Dupixent (dupilumab), alleging that the popular eczema and asthma drug caused or accelerated a deadly form of lymphoma....more
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare and aggressive form of cancer that has been linked to the drug Dupixent in some cases. Dupixent is prescribed to asthma patients as well as for treatment of chronic obstructive...more
On October 24, 2025, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied motions to dismiss in a high-profile challenge to asbestos trust data-retention policies, allowing asbestos defendants’ claims to proceed...more
“California Court Ruling Endangers Public Health by Failing to Require Processed Meat on Prop 65 List of Carcinogens” Claims the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - In what the Physicians Committee...more
For decades, millions of women have relied on the Depo-Provera birth control shot as a convenient form of long-term contraception. However, growing medical evidence has linked long-term Depo-Provera use to an increased risk...more
Jurisdiction: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co. - Mae Moore’s three adult daughters Joy Moore, Kathryn Pratt and Carol Farquharson — by and through guardian Leslie Farquharson (collectively, the Moore family) — filed suit in...more
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division - In November 2024, Barney Horton, Jr. (“decedent”) filed a lawsuit in Kentucky State Court alleging that exposure to asbestos-containing...more
On October 13, 2025, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 20, which amends the Labor Code to target occupational exposure to crystalline silica in the artificial stone fabrication industry, introducing new...more
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the third quarter of 2025. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more