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PFAS
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Sustainability in Business
Latest Updates on Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) – August update
By Thomas Delille, Gerard McElwee, Marie Escorneboueu, Francesca Puttock
EUROPEAN UNION EU – PFAS content limits in food contact packaging now applicable. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (‘PPWR’) became appliable on 12 August 2026, and with it, the…
Taft PFAS Insights
D.C. Circuit Upholds CERCLA Listing of PFOA and PFOS
On Aug. 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. EPA, No. 24-1193, upheld EPA’s adoption of…
Food Safety News
Berry company CEO steps down amid pesticide whirlwind
By Coral Beach
The CEO of the largest berry company in the world has stepped down amid controversy and lawsuits about the firm’s use of pesticides.Soren Bjorn, who has served as CEO of…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
D.C. Circuit Upholds PFAS Hazardous Substance Designation While Keeping CERCLA Risk in Focus
On August 18, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected industry challenges to the designation by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and…
ACOEL Blogs & Resources
EPA Still Has Authority to Regulate in the Face of Uncertainty
By ACOEL
Last week, in Chamber of Commerce v. EPA, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to EPA’s decision to list PFOA and PFOS, the two most prominent PFAS compounds, as hazardous…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
The AI Boom’s Hidden Toxic Threat: Data Centers and PFAS Contamination
As artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly more prominent, opposition is growing nationwide against the data centers that support these systems. In May 2026, the community of Kenilworth, New Jersey, rallied against the opening of…
Gravel2Gavel
D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA’s CERCLA Hazardous-Substance Designations for PFAS as State-Law Settlements Highlight Expanding Liability Landscape
By Ashleigh K. Myers, Amanda G. Halter, Jillian Marullo, Anthony B. Cavender
by Ashleigh K. Myers, Amanda G. Halter, Jillian Marullo and Anthony B. Cavender On August 18, 2026, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…
Insurance Recovery and the Law
JPML Creates New MDL for Non-AFFF Firefighter Turnout Gear Litigation
On August 18, 2026, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a Transfer Order establishing MDL No. 3191—now formally titled In re: Non-AFFF Firefighter Turnout Gear Marketing,…
Texas Agriculture Law Blog
Ag Law in the Field Podcast: Episodes 201-220
By Karli.kaase
It has been a minute since we have done an Ag Law in the Field Podcast recap. For our new readers on the Texas Agriculture Law Blog, we also have…
Environmental Law +
What We Are Reading: Environmental + Energy Series | Superfund Cleanup and PFAS Designations, Solar Generation, and PA Data Center Requirements
By Jon Schaefer
Week of August 17 As August winds down and many people squeeze in one last summer getaway, the environmental and energy world continues to generate headlines. This week’s developments focused…