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EPA Postpones Effective Date of Certain Provisions of TCE Risk Management Rule to June 20, 2025

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On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is postponing the effectiveness of certain provisions of its December 17, 2024, final risk management rule for trichloroethylene (TCE) until...more

Blank Rome LLP

New Jersey Appellate Division Makes Clear Experts Must Demonstrate a Scientifically Recognized Methodology

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Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division, in Dorrell v. Woodruff Energy, Inc., vacated a 2018 judgment against Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (“Chevron”) that had found Chevron liable for gasoline contamination. More specifically,...more

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Circuit Split: 3rd vs 9th & 11th Circuits on FIFRA Duty to Warn Claims

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Schaffner v. Monsanto, No. 22-3075 (3rd Cir. 2024), recently held that a state-law duty to warn claim was expressly preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,...more

Roetzel & Andress

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Hazardous Material Transportation Act Does Not Preempt Ohio Products Liability Act

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On February 5, 2024, an Ohio appellate court issued a decision that will permit plaintiffs in products liability actions to bring state law claims for injuries caused by defective products used in the transfer and storage of...more

MG+M The Law Firm

Recent Sixth Circuit Decision May Define the Landscape of PFAS Litigation

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On November 27, 2023, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision reversing class certification that could significantly impact the future of PFAS litigation, particularly where plaintiffs have attempted...more

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Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments (2020-2021): May 20th Arkansas Environmental Federation...

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I undertook an Arkansas Environmental Federation webinar held by the organization’s Land and Sustainability Committee on May 20th titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2020-2021...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California Appellate Court Upholds Monsanto’s Duty to Warn Based on Potential Risks

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A California Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s finding that Monsanto had the strict liability duty to warn of potential risks and side effects of its Roundup herbicides. It further affirmed that FIFRA does not...more

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