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5 Key Takeaways From The House Energy And Commerce Hearing On Recycling

On July 16, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee's Environment Subcommittee convened a hearing to explore the state of recycling in the United States.

United States Energy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

EPA's Office Of Research And Development — Villain Or Victim?

On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out the "reorganization plan" for its Office of Research and Development (ORD).

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Louisiana And Texas Pass Laws Requiring Warning Labels For Certain Food Ingredients

Two recently enacted laws in Louisiana and Texas will each require separate warning labels on the packaging of food sold in their state if the food contains any of 44 specific ingredients.

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

DOD Publishes 2025 Update On Critical PFAS Uses, Recommends Risk-Based Approach To Defining PFAS

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has published a July 2025 report entitled Update on Critical Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Uses.

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Prop 65 "Short Form" Warning Requirements — A Conversation With Lisa R. Burchi (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

Regulation Of Advanced Recycling Is At A Crossroad

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Summer's Heating Up: New Wave Of Prop. 65 Notices Targets BPS In Thermal Paper

United States Environment

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

Microplastics Under The Microscope: Federal And California Proposals Target Microplastics

United States Healthcare

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K&L Gates LLP

EPA Adds 18 Chemicals To Safer Chemical Ingredients List

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

FDA Extends Comment Period On Method For Ranking Chemicals In Food For Post-Market Assessments

United States Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

A Snapshot Of Extended Producer Responsibility In 2025

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

California's Microplastics Proposal: Impacts On The Consumer Products Supply Chain

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA Releases Online Public Information Resources For Contrails And Geoengineering

United States Environment

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Crain Caton & James

Recent Federal Developments For July 2025

United States Healthcare

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Bergeson & Campbell

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

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BakerHostetler

[PODCAST] When Scammers Strike: How Mediation Can Help Resolve Consumer Fraud Claims

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Blockchain 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Artificial Intelligence 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Steptoe LLP

Community And Environmental NGOs File Suit After EPA Denies TSCA Section 21 Petition Concerning Prohibition Of Hydrogen Fluoride In Domestic Oil Manufacturing

As reported in our May 14, 2025, blog item, on May 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition filed under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Is Your Enantiomer Possessed?

It is well established that an enantiomerically pure compound exhibiting advantageous properties not present in its isomer or its corresponding racemic mixture, can be patented even if its corresponding racemic...

United States IP

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Mintz

MDEP Receives 11 CUU Proposals For Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS Scheduled For Prohibition In 2026, Recommends Two For CUU Determinations

As reported in our April 11, 2025, blog item, applications for currently unavoidable use determinations for products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Texas Supreme Court Rules Produced Water Belongs To Lessees

On June 27, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court issued yet another landmark decision: Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC.

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

Loper Bright And The End Of Chevron Deference? — A Conversation With Kelly N. Garson (Podcast)

United States Energy

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Bergeson & Campbell

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Q2 Newsletter

United States IP

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Harness IP

TSCA Reform — Nine Years Later: B&C, ELI, And GWU Conclude Another Amazing Conference

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

FDA Begins Public Comment Period On Method For Ranking Chemicals In Food For Post-Market Assessments

United States Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

California Proposition 65 Alert: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Target Businesses in California For Using Receipts Printed on Thermal Paper

United States Energy

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Crowell & Moring LLP

APHIS Amends Regulations To Conform To Vacatur Of SECURE Rule

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

California Proposes Listing Microplastics Under Safer Consumer Products Program

United States Consumer

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Beveridge & Diamond

Italian Court Sentences 11 Over Crimes Related To PFAS Contamination

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

FDA Seeks Public Comment On Post-Market Chemical Review Prioritization Method

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Food For Thought: Texas Enacts Food Product Warning Labels For 44 Chemical Ingredients

United States Healthcare

HK

Holland & Knight

California Proposes Listing Microplastics Under Safer Consumer Products Program

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has taken a step toward regulating microplastics. On June 20, 2025, DTSC proposed to add microplastics...

United States Consumer

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Italian Court Sentences 11 Over Crimes Related To PFAS Contamination

On June 26, the Court of Assizes of Vicenza issued a criminal judgment convicting 11 chemical plant executives for environmental crimes related to PFAS contamination.

United States Environment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

FDA Seeks Public Comment On Post-Market Chemical Review Prioritization Method

On June 18, 2025, FDA announced that it is seeking public comment on its proposed method to rank existing food chemicals for post-market assessment.

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Food For Thought: Texas Enacts Food Product Warning Labels For 44 Chemical Ingredients

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 22, 2025, signed Senate Bill 25 (SB 25), a law that, among other provisions, requires the following consumer warning labeling on foods containing any of 44 ingredients...

United States Healthcare

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA's 2024 Asbestos Ban Paused As Fifth Circuit Grants Abeyance For Rule Reconsideration

United States Environment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Chemical Ban Set To Hit Fashion Supply Chains In 2026

Fashion companies increasingly sit at the intersection of sustainability, innovation and evolving chemical regulations. One recent development with compliance obligations...

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

States Take Up 'Forever Chemicals' Restrictions As EPA Shifts

The Environmental Protection Agency's plan for regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances suggests that part of the strategy will build on efforts initiated under the Biden and first Trump administrations.

United States Environment

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Dechert

MPCA Will Postpone January 1, 2026, Reporting Deadline On Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS

This week the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) posted Parts One and Two of its response to pre-hearing and hearing comments.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

IARC Classifies Automotive Gasoline As Carcinogenic To Humans

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)—a branch of the World Health Organization mandated to investigate potential causes of cancer—conducts its own hazard evaluations of suspected carcinogens...

United States Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

HSE Begins Public Consultation On CLP Reform Proposal

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA To Reconsider Asbestos Part 1 Risk Management Rule Following Legal Challenge

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

MAHA Assessment: What Food And Chemical Stakeholders Need To Know

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Upcoming OSHA And U.N. Meetings May Trigger Changes In U.S. Hazard Communication Standards

United States Environment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

What The New Executive Order On "Fighting Overcriminalization In Federal Regulations" Means For Environmental Criminal Enforcement

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Superfund Is Unscathed So Far—What Does That Imply?

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Did I Read This Right? A Favorable Food And Beverage Proposition 65 Decision From A California Court?

United States Healthcare

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Michael Best

EPA Releases Draft Charge Questions For SACC Meeting On Phthalates And Memorandum On Proposed Refinement For Estimating DBP Skin Exposures

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

PPG Withdraws TSCA Section 21 Petition To Amend Final TCE Risk Management Rule For Specialty Polymeric Microporous Sheet Materials Manufacturing

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Recent Federal Developments For June 2025

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

FDA To Overhaul Post-Market Chemical Review Program For Food Chemicals

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

EPA Extends TSCA Reporting Submission Deadline For 16 Substances

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

Trial Court Strikes Down California's Prop 65 Acrylamide Warning Requirements

United States Environment

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

PHMSA Seeks Feedback On Reform Of Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations By August 4, 2025

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Council Of The EU And EP Agree On "One Substance, One Assessment" Legislative Package

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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DMCAR Trend #8 – PFAS Inspires Forever Litigation (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Clock Ticking For Companies To Comply With California PFAS Laws (Video)

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Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger

PFAS Regulatory Developments: Cleanup, Disposal, Testing And Reporting Issues (Video)

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Bracewell

Interview With Dr. Michal Freedhoff (Video)

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Arnold & Porter

Brad De Vore Discusses PFAS Regulations With Water & Wastes Digest (Video)

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Womble Bond Dickinson

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