Penalties, PFAS, New Legislation

Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/1/2025

First effective in 2024, the Act bans the sale or distribution of various products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. On January 1, 2026, as part of the product phase-out timeline, the new law bans the sale or...more

Updates on Environmental Criminal Law in France

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/15/2025

Environmental criminal law in France has developed steadily over the past several years. Recently, however, there has been a shift of the political narrative — both in Europe and domestically — toward simplification rather...more

The Impacts of the Nation’s First Textiles EPR Law

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/5/2024

California Senate Bill (S.B.) 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 28 and is the first extended producer responsibility (EPR) law specific to textiles in the U.S. ...more

PFAS Update: California Enacts New PFAS Enforcement and Registration Law

BCLP on 11/4/2024

On September 29, 2024, Governor Newsom approved AB 347 which, among other things, finally answers the question of which California agency will be tasked with enforcing and interpreting at least some of California’s PFAS in...more

California AB 2515 signed into law, establishes significant penalties for the manufacture and sale of menstrual products...

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 10/3/2024

On September 30, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed AB 2515 into law. Among other things, AB 2515 prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of menstrual products containing “regulated...more

New York Bans PFAS in Apparel

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 3/29/2023

On March 24, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill prohibiting the sale of apparel containing “intentionally added” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in clothing apparel starting on January 1, 2025....more