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PFAS: Increasing Regulations and Managing Legal Liability
EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators
What are PFAS and Why Should We Care?
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12 O'Clock High-Leadership Lessons from James Garfield
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The Use of Monitors by State Attorneys General-Part I: The Role of State Attorneys General as Enforcers
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"Damages" in an Injury Lawsuit: An Introduction for Lay People
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On April 2, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) under the Safe Drinking Water Act. For the first time, the agency has designated...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Lululemon USA Inc. over allegations that the company misled consumers about the safety of its products. The investigation will examine whether Lululemon’s athletic apparel contains per-...more
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs allege their decedent, Michael P. Dandry, Jr., died from mesothelioma after working with asbestos-containing products at Avondale Shipyard in...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, applying Utah law, has held that a liability insurer owed no duty to defend toxic exposure and misrepresentation claims under a commercial general liability policy, umbrella...more
For anyone who has watched PFAS litigation unfold over the last decade, the early signals are starting to look familiar. First came the science headlines. Then public concern. Now, regulators are stepping in. Last week’s...more
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2026. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more
New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez led a coalition of 18 states in filing an amicus brief in support of respondent John Durnell in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, urging the Supreme Court to reject Monsanto’s claim that federal law preempts...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rescinded a 2009 finding (the endangerment finding) that emissions from six greenhouse gases (GHGs) endanger public health and welfare, and that such emissions from new vehicles...more
As we have previously reported here and here, the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (NJDEP) announced settlements with 3M and DuPont and its related companies (the DuPont Entities) valued together at $2.5...more
Final OEHHA Report Finds Synthetic Turf Poses ‘Insignificant’ Health Risks - A final report released March 5 by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) finds that recycled tires used as crumb...more
On April 2, 2026, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the EPA has proposed to include microplastics as a priority contaminant group in...more
Plaintiff Andrew Curtin sued Johnson & Johnson and Pecos River Talc in federal court in Maine, alleging his late wife Cynthia Cartwright died from mesothelioma caused by her longtime use of J&J baby powder. The defendants...more
On March 19, 2026, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued its decision in Schneider Electric USA, Inc. v. Williams, affirming the duty to prevent take home exposure in asbestos claims on summary judgment. The case arises...more
Recently, I attended the 2026 Perrin Conferences PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference, where industry leaders and practitioners explored the rapidly evolving landscape surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
Miss the statute of limitations, and your cost recovery claim is gone. In this episode of For That Matter, Shook attorney Hannah Hamblin digs into the removal vs. remedial action framework of the Comprehensive Environmental...more
Monsanto and its parent Bayer recently announced that they had reached a proposed class action settlement to resolve most claims alleging Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) caused by exposure to Roundup weed killer. See King v....more
On March 19, 2026, Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Minority Whip, reintroduced the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act (H.R. 8016, S. 4153) to address the use of per- and...more
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States affirms the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Palmquist v. Hain Celestial Group, confirming that plaintiffs sufficiently pleaded claims against...more
It did not take the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals very long to react to the Illinois Supreme Court’s January 23, 2026 pollution exclusion ruling as reported in our January 29, 2026 Environmental Law Monitor Blog....more
Marcella v. Huntington Ingalls - 81-year-old Ronald Marcella was diagnosed in 2023 with cancer and died three months later. A post-mortem examination by Dr. Brent Staggs confirmed it was asbestos-related mesothelioma. The...more
George Stephenson v. PK&P Investment Co. f/k/a Mole-Richardson Co., Ltd., et al. - Plaintiff George Stephenson brought an asbestos personal-injury action against the company formerly known as Mole-Richardson Co., alleging...more
We previously reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and two other trade groups are challenging EPA’s designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more
On February 24, 2026, the Ninth Circuit reversed a judgment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana awarding damages to plaintiffs in a Libby, Montana asbestos case, holding that BNSF Railway cannot be held...more
The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court and held that insurer Atlantic Specialty (as successor to One Beacon) had a duty to defend an employee’s suit against his employer, a semiconductor manufacturer. In the underlying...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in a March 13th Opinion an insurance coverage question involving emissions of ethylene oxide. See GRIFFITH FOODS INTERNATIONAL INC., et...more