Jul 31, 2024 Pending Legal Challenge to EPA Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman A legal challenge is pending in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to EPA’s April 19, 2024 final rule designating...
Jul 26, 2024 Crypto Goes on the Offensive By Tom Pardini In a fascinating move, Coinbase recently added Paul Clement to its Board and publicly stated that his addition will help the company push...
Jul 23, 2024 Rulemaking re Automated Decision-Making Tools Proving Difficult By Nate Garhart Coming out of their recent rulemaking meeting, the California Privacy Protection Agency is not surprisingly finding the question of how...
Jul 18, 2024 One Judge’s Mission To Unearth Who Is Behind These Patent Trolls By Eugene Mar Judge Colm Connolly in the District of Delaware has been pressing many of the patent trolls (LLCs that only own 1 asset - the asserted...
Jul 08, 2024 Prop 65: The looming BPS warning deadline By Chris Rendall-Jackson On December 29, 2023, OEHHA listed bisphenol S (BPS) under Prop 65 as a chemical known to the State of California to cause female...
Jul 03, 2024 Does using patents as loan collateral still create standing issues? By Eugene Mar Traditionally, the Federal Circuit had been very strict that a plaintiff must own all the rights to a patent to have standing to bring a...
Jul 02, 2024 CalRecycle Publishes Updated Covered Material Categories List As Part of California’s EPR Law By Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On July 1, 2024, CalRecycle published an updated list of covered material categories as required by California’s extended producer...
Jul 01, 2024 Preliminary injunction issued regarding enforcement of Prop 65 warning requirement for titanium dioxide in cosmetic and personal care products By Chris Rendall-Jackson On June 12, 2024, in Personal Care Products Council v. Bonita (No. 23-1006), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...