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Defending Manufacturers Against PFAS Claims: Legal Strategies and Challenges

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As litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to rise, manufacturers of PFAS-containing products face significant legal and financial risks. Plaintiffs, including individuals, communities,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

[Commentary] An Updated Primer on PFAS/Forever Chemical Claims: Regulation, Litigation, Large Losses, and Insurance Coverage...

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") represent major exposures to insurers and their policyholders. Thousands of lawsuits are pending nationwide, and numerous large settlements have already been reached. Insurers are...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Bayer, Monsanto Face 54,000 Roundup Lawsuits Over Lymphoma, Cancer Claims

Bayer and Monsanto are currently facing about 54,000 lawsuits filed by consumers who were exposed to the weedkiller Roundup (glyphosate), according to recent court documents....more

Bilzin Sumberg

EPA Acts Swiftly to Address PFAS Contamination

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Announcing PFAS Drinking Water Standard, Moves to Designate PFAS as Hazardous Substance Under CERCLA -...more

Stinson LLP

EPA Proposes to Regulate Nine PFAS as RCRA “Hazardous Constituents”

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken its first major action of 2024 to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across environmental media. On January 31, 2024, EPA issued pre-publication...more

Perkins Coie

Navigating the PFAS Regulatory Landscape: Insights for Consumer Brands and Retailers

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” have been in use since the 1940s and have been added to a wide variety of products to make them resistant to heat, water, oil, and corrosion. PFAS...more

Miller Nash LLP

A Roadmap to Insurance Coverage for the Mother of Toxic Torts: PFAS

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Per-and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS)—ominously described by some as “forever chemicals” and others as the “mother of toxic torts”—are becoming common household words. As Miller Nash’s Environmental Team explained, PFAS...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Coffee Purveyors Win Long Brewing Prop 65 Fight

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Does your morning coffee need a warning label other than “Caution: Contents Hot”? A California judge doesn’t think so. In August, a California judge ended a decade long lawsuit alleging that dozens of coffee roasters and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Proposition 65: Sign Of The Times—For Employers, What’s New Is Old

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As of August 30, 2018, California businesses must provide the public with more information about dangerous chemicals present at the business location. ...more

Stinson LLP

WARNING: Prop 65 Can Expose Product Manufacturers to Increased Litigation in California

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California's Proposition 65 ("Prop 65") requires product manufacturers and sellers to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning before knowingly and intentionally exposing anyone in California to a chemical listed by the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Better Late Than Never: The California Supreme Court Reverses Itself, Holding That Corporate Policyholders May Assign Insurance...

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Asset purchase and sale transactions are a preferred structure for many corporate deals. For a variety of reasons, it may be prudent for businesses or product lines to be transferred through these transactions, and an asset...more

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