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PFAS
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Consumer Protection Connection
Washington State Solicits Comments on Proposed PFAS Restrictions for Apparel and Cleaning Products
By Sheila Millar, Anushka R. Stein
On July 20, 2025, the public comment period will close on Washington state’s most recent round of proposed regulations affecting 12 categories of “consumer products” with intentionally added per- and…
Stafford Rosenbaum Law Blog
DNR Authorized to Address PFAS Contamination without First Identifying “Hazardous Substances” per Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that DNR has authority to address PFAS contamination without first promulgating rules identifying each contaminant as a “hazardous substance” Introduction On June 24, 2025, the Wisconsin…
Original Source
DOJ Continues to Leverage Polansky in Seeking (c)(2)(A) Dismissals
By Jaime L.M. Jones, Matt Bergs
As discussed here, there is new leadership at DOJ and last week we got insight into when DOJ is moved to exercise its dismissal authority under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A). In…
Agricultural Law Weekly Review
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—July 1, 2025
This month—July 15: July 2025 Quarterly Dairy Legal Webinar New! Why Aren’t PFAS Compounds in Land-Applied Biosolids Prohibited By EPA?, Center Staff Attorney Brook Duer, Southern Ag Today Agricultural Labor:…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products Reporting
Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) held a public hearing on May 22, 2025 concerning its proposed rules that would implement PFAS-in-products reporting requirements and associated fees on entities covered by…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Pause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances Designation
EPA has again obtained extensions of the stays in the litigation challenging the MCLs for six PFAS and the litigation challenging the hazardous substance designation for PFOS and PFOA. EPA…
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PFAS Legal and Regulatory Updates
The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has continued to evolve at the federal and state levels in recent months under the Trump administration. EPA announced in April 2025…
Sustainability in Business
Latest Updates on Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS)
By Thomas Delille, Peter Sellar, Gerard McElwee, Squire Patton Boggs
European Union PFAS in consumer products – The European Commission reiterated its support for restricting PFAS in consumer products during a structured dialogue with the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee on…
Drug & Device Law
Not So Lonely Pine?
By Lisa Baird
In our legal world, Lone Pine is not a small California town near the majestic Mt. Whitney and the sobering Manzanar National Historic Site. It is an order directing plaintiffs…
Green Building Law Update
EPA Will Keep Current Limits for “Forever Chemicals” in Drinking Water
The agency provided a roadmap as to its intention to continue protecting public health from these so called “forever chemicals”