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The Legal Intelligencer

Will PFAS Litigation Revive Class Treatment for Medical Monitoring Claims? 

The surge in toxic tort cases on account of PFAS and other so-called "emerging contaminants" has caused me to revisit my prediction, and serves as a reminder of how public health concerns can shape the law in some fairly fundamental ways.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California Takes the Lead in Regulating PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water

California finds itself once again taking the lead by setting regulatory standards stricter than the rest of the nation. At issue is the nearly ubiquitous presence of certain PFAS chemicals in drinking water, a problem being addressed to varying degrees by many states and federal regulators.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Intellectual Property Audits Essential to Protecting Companies' Key Assets

Intellectual property attorneys advocate for routine, periodic, deep-dive IP audits for any company whose business is based on significant intellectual…
6 minute read

International Edition

A&O, Slaughter and May Lawyers Among Group Launching New Climate Change Advice

The group has drafted model contracts designed to help businesses and lawyers tackle the issue.
2 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance and Cleary Gottlieb Among Firms That Advised on Brazilian Development Bank's $5.2B Sale of Petrobras Shares

Other firms on the deal, which marked the biggest equity sale out of Brazil in 10 years, include Pinheiro Guimarães, Shearman & Sterling, and Lefosse Advogados.
3 minute read

International Edition

Ince Hit By Eight-Partner Walkout; Four Sector Heads to Exit

News of the exodus follows a more than 60% fall in the AIM-listed firm's share price since the start of the year.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Orrick Grabs Houston Energy Litigator From DLA Piper With Latin America Clients

Christina Maccio said some years as much as 70% of her work is for Latin America clients.
2 minute read

International Edition

CMS Energy Pioneer Robert Lane CBE Passes Away  

Lane had been a partner at CMS for over three decades, founding and leading the firm's energy practice.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Partisan Political Feud Over Energy Office Move Gathers Steam

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Nikki Fried says the proposed move of the Office of Energy from her department to the Department of Environmental Protection is a political "power grab."
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Superfund Contribution Mind Pretzel ... or One of Them

The interplay among the private cost recovery provision of Section 107(a)(1-4)(B) and the contribution provisions of Section 113(f)— all informed by the statute of limitations of Section 113(g)—have created a very substantial, practical settlement problem. But the problem is a little obscure, a bit of a mind pretzel.
8 minute read

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