5/29/2024 6:03:58 PM Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Under TSCA Given Regarding PFOA in Fluorinated Plastic Containers By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On May 17, 2024, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) gave notice of intent...
5/23/2024 8:57:57 PM CPPA Rules Attacked From All Sides By Nate Garhart At a public hearing this week in Sacramento, it quickly became evident that the California Privacy Protection Agency's new rules under...
5/23/2024 12:03:10 AM Employers Do Not Demonstrate Discriminatory Animus By Merely Repeating Pejorative Remarks When Investigating Complaints By Holly Sutton Ryan Wessels In a victory for employers seeking summary judgment in employment discrimination cases, the Ninth Circuit held that discriminatory...
5/20/2024 10:24:23 PM Federal Legislation Passed to Support Airports’ Transition to PFAS-Free Firefighting Foams By Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On May 16, 2024, President Biden signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (the “Act”), which includes two provisions supporting...
5/20/2024 6:19:59 PM The Recent SB 343 Preliminary Findings Report: Recycling the Law of Unintended Consequences in California By Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman SB 343 was passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by Governor Newsom in 2021, and it was intended to limit deceptive or...
5/16/2024 7:56:33 PM OEHHA’s proposed NSRL is the latest chapter in Prop 65 regulation of titanium dioxide (airborne, unbound particles of respirable size) By Chris Rendall-Jackson On May 10, 2024, OEHHA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt a Proposition 65 No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) for titanium...
5/13/2024 10:00:00 AM REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1 By Cynthia Rowland Hons Yung Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, I'm happy to refresh EO Radio Show episode 21, the first of...
5/10/2024 4:08:19 PM Bay Bridge Series Second Inning: Oakland Doubles to Right With Countersuit in "San Francisco" Airport Trademark Dispute By Nate Garhart After being sued for trademark infringement, Oakland has hit back at San Francisco with a countersuit for declaratory relief. The...
5/9/2024 11:40:00 PM The Components of Effective and Defensible Workplace Investigations By Jaya Bajaj Download a PDF of this piece Harassment, discrimination and retaliation are serious workplace threats that demand vigilant attention from...
5/9/2024 5:29:09 PM States Argue Against Federal Privacy Preemption By Nate Garhart Attorneys General from fourteen states—California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota,...
5/8/2024 11:15:55 PM “All Appropriate Inquiries” Will Need to Consider PFOA and PFOS for Property Acquisitions Closing on or After July 8, 2024 By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On May 8, 2024, EPA published in the Federal Register its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...
5/7/2024 5:01:32 PM The Fine Print Matters: AI Software Agreements Require Careful Scrutiny By Nate Garhart As law firms and other businesses increasingly look to AI-driven software to drive efficiency, the importance of meticulous review of not...