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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA, HHS and USDA Serve Up Ultra-Processed Food RFI

On July 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), unveiled the highly anticipated joint request...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage Sludge

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On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft “Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” for public comment. EPA...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Comment Period Closing in 30 Days (April 16) on Federal PFOA/PFOS Risk Assessment for Sewage Sludge Applied to Agricultural Land...

Interested parties—including businesses raising crops or animals on agricultural and ranch lands potentially impacted by PFAS in groundwater; entities operating wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); and related interest groups...more

Alston & Bird

Updates to the Dietary Guidelines? HHS and USDA Request Public Input

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Our Food & Beverage Team discusses how looming changes to federal dietary guidelines and new Make America Healthy Again initiatives could impact the food and beverage industry in 2025....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FTC and DOJ Seek Public Help Identifying “Serial Acquisition Strategy” Targets

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced on Thursday, May 23, that they are expanding their search for businesses using “roll up” strategies to consolidate...more

BakerHostetler

EPA Takes Next Step Toward New Formaldehyde Regulations

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On March 15, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde for public comment and peer review. The draft risk evaluation was promulgated pursuant to EPA’s...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 5, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

TTB Seeking Public Input on Potential Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Changes

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As we previously reported, the Treasury Department released a 2022 report on Competition in the Markets for Beer, Wine, and Spirits (the Competition Report) recommending, in part, that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade...more

Downey Brand LLP

OEHHA Releases Second Public Review Draft of Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water

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After two years, late last week the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released its Second Public Review Draft of proposed public health goals (PHGs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The D.C. Circuit Overrules EPA on Regulating Perchlorate

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has the latest word in the long-running saga concerning regulation of the contaminant perchlorate in its decision dated May 9, 2023, when it ruled the U.S....more

Jenner & Block

How Low Did U.S. EPA Go--U.S. EPA Issues Its Long-Awaited Draft PFAS Drinking Water Standards

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Almost two years to the date after U.S. EPA issued its regulatory determination for contaminants on the forth Contaminant Candidate List, U.S. EPA has issued its draft rule setting drinking water limits for several PFAS...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK’s MHRA Publishes Response to Consultation on Future Medical Devices Regulation

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The response includes a considered implementation plan to strengthen the regulation of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics, improve patient safety, and foster innovation post-Brexit. On 26 June 2022, the UK Medicines...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

NJDEP’s Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Regulations Published for Public Comment

On June 6, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP or Department) published its long-anticipated Environmental Justice rule proposal (EJ Rule Proposal)—the nation’s first proposed environmental...more

McCarter & English, LLP

NJ DEP Proposes New “Environmental Justice” Permitting Rules

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released on June 6 proposed new rules that would implement parts of the Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157, requiring certain industrial facilities to...more

Downey Brand LLP

OEHHA Issues Highly Anticipated Draft Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water

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Last week, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released draft public health goals (PHGs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water. OEHHA’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The New Normal? An Update On Commercial Division Operations

COVID-19 has ushered in a new era for litigation in the Commercial Division. Here are the key developments litigants should be aware of. Remote Appearances and No Paper Copies - In May 2020, e-filing in the Commercial...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 12. In This Month's E-News: December 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) - Finalizing a document issued last year, on Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration issued “Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations—Eligibility...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Bioethics in a Pandemic: Final Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine

Earlier this month, the National Academies Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus released its Final Framework to guide US distribution and administration of a COVID-19 vaccine, once available....more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Hot off the Presses! Draft Preliminary Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine Just Released

Earlier today, the Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus released preliminary guidelines on the allocation of initial and limited supplies of a forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine. Once finalized,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

U.S. EPA proposes to retain current particulate matter standards

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On April 14, 2020, U.S. EPA proposed to retain the current national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM) without revision. ...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: New Rules, Amendments And More Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

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In This Issue. The ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow in scale and scope. In response, federal financial regulators are continuing efforts to bring regulatory relief to promote stability...more

Morgan Lewis

EPA Seeking Public Comment on New Registration for Textile Preservative

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The US Environmental Protection Agency has made a preliminary finding that NSPW Nanosilver, the proposed active ingredient of POLYGUARD-NSPW MASTER BATCH, meets federal standards for use as a textile preservative. The EPA is...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EPA Proposed Regulatory Determination Represents a Step in Creating Standards for PFAS

The proposal marks another instance of EPA follow-through on its 2019 PFAS Action Plan. The SDWA requires EPA to make regulatory determinations every five years based on whether chemicals in public water systems pose a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Pennsylvania Proposes PFAS Cleanup Standards

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Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) proposed an amendment to Act 2, Pennsylvania's Brownfield and voluntary cleanup program. ...more

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