Dec 10, 2024 EPA Issues Supplemental Proposed Rule Updating SNURs for 17 PFAS By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On November 29, 2024, EPA issued a supplemental proposed rule to update significant new use rules (SNURs) previously proposed for 17 PFAS...
Dec 07, 2024 OEHHA Announces Amendments to the Prop 65 Safe-Harbor Warning Regulations By Chris Rendall-Jackson On December 6, 2024, OEHHA announced that amendments to the Prop 65 safe-harbor warning regulations have been approved and finalized. The...
Dec 03, 2024 "Selective Prosecution," Hunter Biden, and January 6 By Alexis Loeb When President Biden pardoned his son Hunter over the weekend, he did not say he was doing so just because he cared about his son....
Dec 02, 2024 Biden-Harris Administration Announces Release of EPA’s Third Annual Progress Report on the PFAS Strategic Roadmap By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On November 14, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the release of EPA’s third annual progress report on EPA’s PFAS Strategic...
Nov 25, 2024 Special Counsel Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Two Cases Pending Against President-Elect Trump By Alexis Loeb On November 25, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss both federal cases pending against President Trump: the election-interference...
Oct 22, 2024 EPA Proposes Addition of 16 Individual and 15 Categories of PFAS to the TRI By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On October 8, 2024, the EPA proposed adding 16 individual and 15 categories of PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list of...
Oct 04, 2024 Howey Test for Crypto Asset Transactions Analyzed in Recent Denial of Kraken's Motion to Dismiss in ND California By Tom Pardini In a recent decision in SEC v. Payward, Inc. (d/b/a “Kraken”), Judge Orrick of the Northern District of California denied Kraken's motion...
Oct 03, 2024 Elizabeth Cabraser and Bill Lee Comment on Age and the "Biden Effect" By Dan Callaway The Recorder had a great, candid article on senior attorneys and what Elizabeth Cabraser calls the “Biden effect.” Cabraser comments on...
Oct 02, 2024 California AB 2515 signed into law, establishes significant penalties for the manufacture and sale of menstrual products containing regulated PFAS By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On September 30, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed AB 2515 into law. Among other things, AB 2515 prohibits...
Oct 02, 2024 The First U.S. EPR Law Specific to Textiles Signed into Law in California By Chris Rendall-Jackson On September 28, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California SB 707 (the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024), which is the first...
Sep 27, 2024 Non-Competes Still Vary by States By Eugene Mar This case serves as a good reminder that non-competes are not dead in the U.S. Despite the publicity around the FTC's ban on non-competes...
Sep 26, 2024 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act By Jamie Talt Make sure to read this fantastic article by my colleague Rebecca Stephens on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. It includes helpful...