This year – 2022 – may finally be the year that the effort to modernize safety standards in the U.S. for cosmetics and other personal care products, which has been ongoing since 2013, comes to fruition. If so, the new...more
1/27/2022
/ Best Practices ,
Cosmetics ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Personal Care Products ,
PFAS ,
Preemption ,
Product Labels ,
Product Recalls ,
Proposition 65 ,
REACH ,
State Bans ,
Toxic Chemicals
Near- and Longer-Term Objectives Expected to Impact Wide Range of Industries -
On October 18, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024. For...more
10/22/2021
/ CERCLA ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
NPDES ,
PFAS ,
Public Health ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Designation of PFOA as a Carcinogen Will Increase Litigation Risks and Expand Proposition 65 Labeling Obligations -
On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that...more
Rekindling the Flame: Oil & Gas Securitizations -
A number of recent structurings of investment-grade rated securitizations of oil and gas wells are sparking conversations in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry about...more
12/20/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Green Buildings ,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
PFAS ,
Securitization ,
Service Contracts ,
Structured Finance
The newly-released movie Dark Waters, starring A-list actors Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, has increased public attention on a group of emerging chemicals called Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). This increased...more
11/26/2019
/ Clean Water Act ,
Dark Waters ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
PFAS ,
State Legislatures ,
Toxic Chemicals