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October 30, 2024 - Consumer Products, Environmental Law, Retail
New Wave of PFAS Legislation Aimed at Consumer Products
By: Krista S. deBoer, William F. Tarantino and Cedar Hobbs
This month, California chaptered two new bills, AB 2515 and AB 347 , regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in menstrual products and juvenile products, textile articles, and food packaging, respectively. The California laws are just the latest in a rising tide of PFAS
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April 26, 2024 - Consumer Products, Environmental Law
Now is the Time for PFAS Manufacturers and Importers to Prepare for TSCA's Retrospective Reporting Requirements
By: Krista S. deBoer and Michael A. Fine
Manufacturers and importers of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”) must report information regarding all PFAS produced or imported since January 1, 2011 , by either May 5, 2025, or November 10, 2025. The EPA recently finalized a rule requiring certain reporting and recordkeeping for
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February 27, 2024 - Environmental Law
Plaintiff Survives Motion to Dismiss in evian Water Bottle “Carbon Neutral” Suit
By: Krista S. deBoer, William F. Tarantino and Cedar Hobbs
Dorris v. Danone Waters of America is one of a growing number of lawsuits filed against companies for making claims regarding their carbon footprint. While similar cases have been winding through the courts, Dorris is the first case in which a federal judge has
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December 12, 2023 - Privacy, Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Environmental Law, Internet of Things
Privacy + Data Security Predictions for 2024
By: Miriam H. Wugmeister, Alex van der Wolk, Linda K. Clark, Annabel Gillham, Haimavathi V. Marlier, Paul D. McKenzie, Nathaniel R. Mendell, Gordon A. Milner, Alja Poler De Zwart, Chuan Sun, Yukihiro Terazawa, Hanno Timner, Lokke Moerel, Mary Race, Marijn Storm, Dan Alam, Jasmine Arooni, Tingting Gao, Marta Hovanesian, Elisabeth Hutchinson, Michelle Si-Ting Luo and Mercedes Samavi
The Morrison Foerster Privacy + Data Security team is unmatched in its ability to provide creative and practical advice concerning all stages of the information life cycle, from counseling on compliance with complex privacy laws, to resolving breach situations, to litigating privacy and data security
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May 10, 2022 - Environmental Law, Product Liability, Class Action
Confidentiality at Risk: California Legislature Considers Bill That Would Limit Scope of Confidentiality in Product Liability and Environmental Cases and Settlements
By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit confidentiality in cases involving allegations of defective products or environmental harms by placing restrictions on protective orders and confidentiality terms in settlement agreements. Generally, parties litigating cases alleging defective products or environmental conditions may stipulate
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July 09, 2021 - Environmental Law, Announcements & Press, Drug & Medical Device, Product Liability, MDL, Trials, Consumer Products, Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices, Class Action, Retail, Mass Torts
Morrison & Foerster Is Recognized As Tier 1 Firm in Product Liability, Mass Torts, and Class Action for Consumer Products
Legal 500 US 2021 has named Erin Bosman, David Fioccola, Jessica Grant, Julie Park, James Schurz, William Tarantino, and Claudia Vetesi among their top product liability and class action practitioners nationwide. The publication also recognized Morrison & Foerster as a top Tier 1 Firm
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November 25, 2019 - Environmental Law, Consumer Products
CARB Issues New Draft VOC Limits for Consumer Products
On November 7, 2019, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a second public workshop to review its draft proposed amendments (Draft Proposal) to its Consumer Products regulations. Since its first public workshop in April, where it identified 49 priority categories, CARB has convened
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October 15, 2018 - Appellate & Supreme Court, Environmental Law, Product Liability, Consumer Products
BREAKING: Appellate Court Halts Trial on Coffee
On Friday, October 12, 2018, California’s Second Appellate District Court stayed the trial that was set to begin on Monday, October 15, 2018, in Los Angeles Superior Court, regarding whether cancer warnings are required for sales of coffee in California. The trial in Council
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June 28, 2018 - Environmental Law, Product Liability, Consumer Products
Recent California Proposition 65 Developments Go Business’s Way for a Change
Introduction It is rare for anything having to do with California’s infamous Proposition 65 warning law to be welcome news to businesses. While they do not cure Proposition 65’s ills, a dizzying flurry of recent developments that we report on below may prove an exception. California
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March 13, 2018 - Environmental Law, Product Liability, Consumer Products
WARNING: Proposition 65 Farce About to Repeat Itself for Vulnerable Foods and Flavorings
Plaintiffs have begun serving Proposition 65 notices of violation alleging unwarned exposures to furfuryl alcohol (FFA). Like acrylamide, which has been the subject of significant Proposition 65 litigation already, FFA is present in a wide variety of foods and flavorings and forms as a
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Topic Archives: Environmental Law

New Wave of PFAS Legislation Aimed at Consumer Products

By: Krista S. deBoer, William F. Tarantino and Cedar Hobbs

Now is the Time for PFAS Manufacturers and Importers to Prepare for TSCA's Retrospective Reporting Requirements

By: Krista S. deBoer and Michael A. Fine

Plaintiff Survives Motion to Dismiss in evian Water Bottle “Carbon Neutral” Suit

By: Krista S. deBoer, William F. Tarantino and Cedar Hobbs

Privacy + Data Security Predictions for 2024

Confidentiality at Risk: California Legislature Considers Bill That Would Limit Scope of Confidentiality in Product Liability and Environmental Cases and Settlements

By: Erin M. Bosman and Julie Y. Park

Morrison & Foerster Is Recognized As Tier 1 Firm in Product Liability, Mass Torts, and Class Action for Consumer Products

CARB Issues New Draft VOC Limits for Consumer Products

BREAKING: Appellate Court Halts Trial on Coffee

Recent California Proposition 65 Developments Go Business’s Way for a Change

WARNING: Proposition 65 Farce About to Repeat Itself for Vulnerable Foods and Flavorings