March 2024 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims
Exploring Trends in California’s Proposition 65: Claims, Chemicals, Products, and More - California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires,...
View ArticlePlaintiffs’ Motion for New Trial Reversed on Appeal
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit - In this action, the plaintiffs alleged decedent Vita Chenet had asbestos exposure from personal use of various talcum powder products, including Cashmere...
View ArticleAsbestosis Takes the Stand: Raising Awareness of an Abnormally High Verdict...
Key Points: Asbestosis claims are usually considered to be on the lower end of settlements for asbestos law cases. A verdict of $25 million was returned by a jury in Philadelphia, where the last...
View ArticleSeptember 2024 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update
Southern District Holds Insured Not Entitled To Judgment On Pleadings As To Duty To Defend Because Extrinsic Evidence May Show Duty Is Terminated- Color Techniques, Inc. (CTI) sold ingredients used in...
View ArticleFashion Industry Beware - PFAS Bans on Apparel Effective January 1, 2025
PFAS laws will significantly impact the fashion industry come 2025. New York and California have each passed legislation that will regulate the use—and eventual phaseout—of PFAS in apparel and other...
View ArticlePFAS: Protecting Your Business From ‘Forever Chemical’ Litigation
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 15,000 chemicals with heat, grease, oil, water, and stain resistant properties. They may be found in consumer products like...
View ArticleBetter Health Care Newsletter - October 2024
What consumers can do to reduce environmental health threats all around us - It’s a paradox of modern life: We want more and more stuff, and we want to get all of it faster, cheaper, more...
View ArticleA Guidebook for AFFF Lawsuits
Thousands of AFFF firefighting foam lawsuits have been filed against the chemical manufacturers behind aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), a common type of firefighting foam that is often used for...
View ArticleCommonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Claim Petition That Alleged Occupational...
Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s Causation Expert Must Identify Subjects of Talc Causation Studies
Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department - The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department recently...
View ArticleEPA Seeks Public Comment on Manufacture of Certain PFAS during Fluorination...
On September 30, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested public comment on the manufacture of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctanoic acid...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Proposition 65: Recent 60-Day Notices Target California Restaurants
A recent uptick in Proposition 65 notices of violation have targeted California restaurants. These notices are issued from a particular private enforcer (or bounty hunter), but such trends often prompt...
View ArticleForever Chemicals Present Significant Challenges for Commercial Real Estate
In recent years, PFAS — or “forever chemicals” — have emerged as a major topic of concern for landowners, business owners and environmental and real estate professionals as regulators focus more...
View ArticlePennsylvania Superior Court Holds That Employer’s Liability Exclusions May...
Employer’s Liability Exclusions typically apply to claims for bodily injury to employees arising out of and in the course of their employment by the insured. But, to what extent might such exclusions...
View Article[Webinar] EPA Risk Evaluations Under TSCA: Three Things Companies Should Know...
Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires an assessment of unreasonable risk to “potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations” (PESS) in high-priority substance risk...
View ArticleJury Verdict Reversed and Remanded on Appeal in California
Court: Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two - Plaintiff Steven Watts filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California naming 36 defendants who were...
View ArticleThings Are Hotting Up: Wildfires in Brazil and the Law in Brazil and Elsewhere
Wildfires in Brazil have been a recurring and worrying phenomenon since 2022, with devastating impacts. The fires have impacted the environment, biodiversity, farming, cattle ranching, and human health...
View ArticlePFAS Primer Quarterly Update: 2024 Q3 – Setting the PFAS Standard
In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS, the EPA delays PFAS reporting, a compostable case won’t degrade,...
View ArticleUpcoming PFAS Restrictions on Textile Products and Apparel in California and...
We wish to inform our clients of important upcoming regulatory changes in California and New York regarding the sale and distribution of textile products and apparel containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
View ArticleBottom of the Ninth: Forever Chemical Bans Take Effect in 2025. What's in...
There has been a significant uptick in class action litigation related to sustainability claims, which will only increase after bans in California and New York on forever chemicals in apparel go into...
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