EPA has announced proposed national drinking water standards for six PFAS compounds, including PFOA and PFOS.
The regulation would create enforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels for these PFAS, and states would be required...more
3/20/2023
/ CERCLA ,
Compliance ,
Contamination ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
PFAS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Health ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Toxic Chemicals
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Interim PFAS Guidance, Leaving Important Questions Unresolved -
A federal appeals court dismissed a challenge to EPA's interim guidance for PFAS levels in drinking water,...more
3/1/2023
/ Appeals ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dismissals ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Medical Devices ,
PFAS ,
Prescription Drugs ,
REMS ,
Strict Product Liability ,
Wrongful Death
Recent court decisions have signaled the English courts’ willingness to embrace multi-claimant litigation and to broaden the types of questions decided on a collective basis. These developments have led UK-based plaintiffs’...more
Key Takeaways Likened by some to motherhood and apple pie, the Environmental Rights Amendment was adopted by New York with a resounding “Yes” on November 2, 2021, with approximately 68% of voters approving the new amendment....more
Key takeaways - FDA is soliciting feedback on a proposed framework to change medical device labeling to require long-term devices to identify all constituent materials that might come into contact with human tissue and to...more
Key Takeaways - The Ninth Circuit holds that, following changes to Rule 23(e), the Bluetooth factors for fairness of pre-certification class action settlements also apply to post-certification settlements....more
Key Takeaways - The PFAS litigation landscape – already involving PFAS manufacturers and purchasers of PFAS-containing fluoropolymers and firefighting films – is in the process of expanding, which is putting new companies and...more
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued an important decision in Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court unanimously affirming the existence of personal jurisdiction over products liability claims by an...more
To immediately appeal a federal district court’s order granting or denying class certification, a party must first seek permission from the relevant court of appeals “within 14 days after the order is entered.” Fed. R. Civ....more
2/28/2019
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Decertification ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FRCP 23(f) ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Motion for Reconsideration ,
Nutraceutical Corp v Lambert ,
Permission to Appeal ,
SCOTUS