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Prop 65: Uncertainty For Business and Consumers
Effective August 30, 2018, California's new Prop 65 regulations require consumers receive more detailed information about possible exposure to over 900 listed chemicals. The recently amended "clear and reasonable" warning requirements expand consumer notifications adding the identification of specific chemicals as well as warnings applicable…
Grayson Recognized In Leading Lawyers Magazine
A special thanks to Leading Lawyers for recognizing me in the Leading Lawyers Magazine-Business Edition 2018 with the article written by Lauren P. Duncan titled Becoming a Master of Environmental Law. It is an odd feeling to read about your personal and professional life in black…
SAVE THE DATE–May 14, 2018: ELI Welcomes Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp
The Environmental Law Institute asks you to please SAVE THE DATE for an afternoon program with special guest Cathy Stepp, Region 5 Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The program will be held Monday, May 14th from 4:00-6:00, at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 South Plymouth…
Judge Rules Coffee Requires Prop 65 Cancer Warning
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle recently ruled that coffee requires Prop 65 cancer warnings due to the likely presence of acrylamide. Judge Berle ruled that the coffee companies failed to satisfy their burden of proving that the consumption of coffee confers a benefit to…
Tenants Gain Improved Liability Protections Under CERCLA
New Superfund amendments make clear that a tenant at an industrial or manufacturing site can claim the bona fide prospective purchaser (BFPP) defense to liability and escape what would otherwise be strict, joint and several owner/operator liability when leasing a previously contaminated property. Tenants now…