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Law Seminars International

Name: Law Seminars International
Start: 2008-07-28T00:00:00+0000
Location: N/A

When: 7/28/2008

Robert Hines, Program Co-chair, Environmental Resource Litigation Conference, "Handling the Administrative Enforcement Action"
San Francisco, CA

Firm Highlights

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Where Are We Now, Following Maui County, Sackett, and the Latest EPA Guidance?

The last few years have seen significant developments in our understanding of the reach of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). (Indeed, “reach” here can be interpreted literally and figuratively.) The two issues plaguing...

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New PFAS Listing Under Superfund Will Lead to Major Expansion of Liability

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under Section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation...

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Defense Insights As PFAS Consumer Product Claims Rise

If the first two waves of PFAS litigation focused on impacts to natural resources—namely groundwater—and personal injury claims alleging exposure to PFAS, the third wave of PFAS litigation has certainly arrived. A few years...

News

Farella Braun + Martel Earns 2025 Best Law Firms® Rankings

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What's Next: Emerging Contaminants and New Problems With Old Chemicals

Jim Colopy is a speaker at the ABA Litigation Section's 2025 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees’ Joint Regional CLE Program. His session is "What's Next: Emerging Contaminants and New Problems...

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The Impacts of the Nation’s First Textiles EPR Law

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...

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New PFAS Federal Drinking Water Standards Create Major Liability and Litigation Risk

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has released a final regulation setting individual drinking water maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for five per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These MCLs are incredibly stringent due to EPA’s stated concerns...

News

Law Seminars International

Firm Highlights

Where Are We Now, Following Maui County, Sackett, and the Latest EPA Guidance?

New PFAS Listing Under Superfund Will Lead to Major Expansion of Liability

Defense Insights As PFAS Consumer Product Claims Rise

Farella Braun + Martel Earns 2025 Best Law Firms® Rankings

What's Next: Emerging Contaminants and New Problems With Old Chemicals

The Impacts of the Nation’s First Textiles EPR Law

New PFAS Federal Drinking Water Standards Create Major Liability and Litigation Risk

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