Legal Trends
PFAS Consumer Fraud Case Ruling Involving Smartwatches Allows Potentially Massive Class Action To Proceed
About a year ago, we wrote regarding a PFAS consumer fraud lawsuit brought against Apple alleging that its smartwatches contained PFAS, which deceived consumers because the watches were marketed as promoting human health, being environmentally sustainable, and...
Tiny Particles, Big Risk: Could Netflix’s New Documentary, The Plastic Detox, Accelerate Microplastic Litigation in the Cosmetic and Personal Care Product Industry?
The concept of “microplastics” became popular in 2004 after a marine biologist revealed widespread plastic particles in marine environments, sediment and wildlife. That observation shifted the way the world perceived pollutants from “visible litter” to “invisible...
It’s Not Just What You Say – Lessons Businesses Should Learn from the Agnitti Decision
The recent decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Agnitti v. Philip Morris USA Inc., (24-p-780) offers a warning for companies regarding any representations made to consumers, such as product labeling or advertising, as well as litigators pursuing or defending...
PFAS Drinking Water Legal Battle Briefing Continues
We have previously detailed the EPA’s efforts under the Biden Administration to regulate certain types of PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act. In short, PFOA and PFOS would have a Maximum Contaminant Level of 4 ppt, and PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and certain mixtures...
PFAS Air Emissions Back On EPA’s Radar
We have published in recent years several times on PFAS air emissions issues, including legislative efforts to compel standards for PFAS in air emissions and EPA's long process to determine a reliable and proper testing method for measuring PFAS in air sampling. The...
“Sound Science” Legislation and Environmental Regulations Clash In Several States
Under the second Trump administration, the Make American Healthy Again program has as one of its central pillars the "sound science" principle, which aims to reform federal health agencies by demanding that regulations only move to a proposal phase if they are...
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