According to a March 21, 2025 report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Foreign Agricultural Service, the scope of Mexico’s recent ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) corn is “ambiguous” and…
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/ Agriculture, Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
This alert was originally published on March 20, 2025, and has been revised based on recent developments.
Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration finalized amendments to the…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
In 2021, Maine became the first U.S. state to enact a law imposing reporting requirements and material restrictions on all products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Minnesota…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
On March 4, the City and County of San Francisco and a Beveridge & Diamond (B&D) team led by Principal Drew Silton (Washington, DC), secured a significant victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in City and County of San Francisco v…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (together, the Agencies) announced plans to engage stakeholders in the Trump administration’s latest effort to pare back the…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
This alert was originally published on December 4, 2024, and has been revised based on recent developments.
With the election of Donald Trump, the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 2025 will…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
On the heels of its March 12 major announcement about 31 deregulatory actions, EPA also issued an important Memorandum honing the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECI’s) adopted under the Biden administration…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Biden administration finalized amendments to the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
With the March 31, 2025 deadline to comply with Oregon’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law rapidly approaching, producers of covered materials, including packaging, paper products, and food serviceware, should…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Environmental Law
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What Happened: HHS Secretary Kennedy directed FDA to consider removing the current self-affirmation pathway for determining that a food ingredient is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations, 40 C.F.R. Part 68, appear to be headed back to rulemaking. These much-debated provisions have been amended, rescinded, and reinstated…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
On March 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA would soon undertake efforts to roll back 31 environmental regulations that cut across industry sectors. EPA’s deregulatory…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
As earlier reported, companies should expect environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) to file a barrage of citizen suits to supplement the rollback of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement cases…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
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Among its energy policy priorities, early executive orders, and other actions, the Trump administration has reinforced its commitment to expanding the U.S. biofuels sector, which typically has strong bipartisan…
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/ Agriculture, Energy & Utilities, Taxation
Most federal environmental statutes grant citizens broad authority to bring lawsuits against companies where there is alleged noncompliance. Before they can do so, however, they must provide a Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue. As…
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/ Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
