May 29, 2024 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...
May 23, 2024 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...
May 23, 2024 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...
May 20, 2024 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...
May 20, 2024 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...
May 16, 2024 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...
May 10, 2024 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...
May 09, 2024 States Argue Against Federal Privacy Preemption By Nate Garhart Attorneys General from fourteen states—California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota,...
May 08, 2024 “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...
May 07, 2024 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...
May 04, 2024 No Section 230 Defense Attempt by Trump in Connection With Gag Order Violations? By Nate Garhart It might not have been successful, but query why Trump didn't argue Section 230 shields him from liability for reposts under Section 230?...
May 02, 2024 Do You Have Trust (or Estate) Issues Due to PFAS Chemicals Being Designated as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA? By Chris Rendall-Jackson Among the wide-ranging impacts of EPA’s designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous...