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Contaminants Compass: December 2024 Edition

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“Contaminants Compass” is a monthly newsletter that provides updates, legal observations and actionable tips to navigate the evolving legal challenges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This edition discusses...more

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Actuaries Demonstrate EPA Severely Underestimated Water Remediation Costs

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On April 26, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the first-ever national, legally enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in...more

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My Mom would say that, when it comes to PFAS, the Judicial Panel on Multi District Litigation's eyes were bigger than its stomach!

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A little over five years ago, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation gave Federal Judge Richard Gergel of South Carolina the burden of disposing of any cases “alleg[ing] that AFFF products used at airports, military...more

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2023 PFAS Year in Review: EPA Policy and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Litigation Updates

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2023 was a busy year for folks following legal developments related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In December, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Second Annual Progress Report. Some of...more

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Sunshine may be among the best disinfectants but these PFAS defendants are fighting to keep their settlement with Rome, Georgia...

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Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously exclaimed sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. Of course the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Rome News-Tribune endorse that proposition. And, the newspapers...more

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID-19 Related Insurance Cases

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Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more

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Dark Waters and the Future of PFAS Laws

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The newly-released movie Dark Waters, starring A-list actors Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, has increased public attention on a group of emerging chemicals called Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). This increased...more

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