ECA Environmental & Product Liability Litigation Report

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Complimentary Published Article: Are PFAS the Next Asbestos?

September 03, 2024

Are PFAS the Next Asbestos? How and Why the Emergence of PFAS as a Mass Tort Could Impact the Insurance Industry Written by Gregory P. Gaines, JD of Roux Decades of asbestos mass tort litigation and exposure claims have had,...

Perrin Environmental Risk & PFAS Litigation Conference

June 04, 2024

Join us for a day and a half filled with engaging and insightful panels featuring an outstanding lineup of distinguished in house, law firm, insurance carrier, and expert speakers at the Environmental Risk & PFAS Litigation Conference in New York City.

Ryan Stifter, MS to Present in ABA’s Joint Regional CLE Program

January 11, 2024

Wednesday, January 31 - Friday, February 2 Roux will be a sponsor of the 2024 Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts, and Products Liability Litigation Committees’ Joint Regional CLE Program. This event is a multi-day Regional CLE, presented by the American...

The National Agricultural Law Center Webinar: Not Your Grandfather’s Corn Maze

October 10, 2023

The National Agricultural Law Center Webinar Not Your Grandfather’s Corn Maze – Regulatory and Legal Responses to Challenges Faced by Agriculture Due to PFAS Contamination Presenters: Kyla Kaplan (OFW Law) and Ryan Stifter, MS & Chase Gerbig, PhD, PE (Roux) ...

New TSCA PFAS Rule: Expansive, Expensive, Extended, No Exceptions

October 04, 2023

Last Thursday, September 28, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that requires one-time reporting of the manufacture or import of any per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) since...

European Chemical Agency Proposes Restriction of PFAS Chemicals

March 01, 2023

The European Chemical Agency, or ECHA, announced the submission of a proposed restriction on per- or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, commonly called PFAS. The proposal, slated for presentation to the European Commission in 2025, was drafted by representatives from the Netherlands, Germany,...