Cobalt, Lithium, and the Quest for Sustainable Batteries With John Busbee, Xerion — Battery + Storage Podcast
Perfecting High-Performance Battery Chemistry With John Kem, American Battery Factory — Battery + Storage Podcast
Advancing Eco-Friendly Battery Recycling With Storm Energia — Battery + Storage Podcast
Meeting the Demands for Battery-Grade Lithium With Dr. Saad Dara of Mangrove Lithium – Battery + Storage Podcast
The Balancing Act of Battery Chemistry With George Kuo, Canadian Solar - Battery + Storage Podcast
The New Generation of Batteries With Kunal Phalpher, Li-Metal Corporation - Battery + Storage Podcast
Think Zinc! The Energy Dense Alternative Replacing Lithium-Ion With Salient Energy Cofounder Ryan Brown - Battery + Storage Podcast
Electro-Extraction and the Future of E-Waste with Megan O'Connor, CEO and Co-founder of Nth Cycle - Battery + Storage Podcast
Fireside Chat with Pure Lithium Founder and CEO Regarding Patents
The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 (“the Act”), which received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, introduces a modernised framework for product safety and measurement regulation in the UK. It grants the Secretary of...more
In April 2025, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act. The Act, if it is enacted, would convert current voluntary standards ANSI/CAN/UL...more
The electric vehicle (“EV”) revolution is reshaping the automotive industry, promising a greener future and reduced reliance on fossil fuels. However, as EV adoption accelerates, manufacturers face a growing legal and...more
Andrew Riggs (“Plaintiff”) filed an April 24th Complaint in the Faulkner County, Arkansas Circuit Court alleging personal injuries when to what is described as a 21700 lithium-ion battery exploded. See 23CV-25-965....more
On Sept. 30, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana released an opinion and order excluding the opinions of a proposed lithium-ion battery expert. The now dismissed case, American Home Assurance...more
The NYC Fire Department has attributed the cause of many recent fires, some fatal, to overheating lithium-ion batteries (“LIBs”) used in e-bikes and similar electrically powered personal conveyances (generally, “e-bikes”)....more
In State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 3:18CV166-M-P, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189053 (Oct. 31, 2019), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi considered a Motion for Judgment on...more
Welcome to the December edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot. The CPSC made a rare appearance in The New York Times this month as President Trump’s nominee to head the agency, Acting Chairman Ann Marie...more
Originally published in Bloomberg Law, vol. 45, no. 10 - March 6th, 2017. Highly publicized incidents involving lithium-ion battery fires have necessitated large-scale and costly recalls, or highly publicized...more