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EC Begins Public Consultation On Draft Act To Improve Chemical Recycling

The European Commission (EC) began a public consultation on July 8, 2025, on a draft act that will establish rules for calculating, verifying, and reporting on recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Comments On Maine's Proposed CUU Amendment Due September 2, 2025

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) began a public consultation on July 30, 2025, on a proposed amendment to Chapter 90...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Releases Memorandum Providing Additional Context On Occupational Exposure Data For DEHP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 28, 2025, the release of a memorandum with additional context on occupational exposure data for di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

New York Kicks Off Bulk Energy Storage Procurement

On July 28, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of New York State's first bulk energy storage competitive solicitation.

United States Energy

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Foley Hoag LLP

Leveraging Chemical Data More Efficiently

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

United States Energy

AC

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

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

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

United States Healthcare

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

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

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Regulation Of Advanced Recycling Is At A Crossroad

United States Environment

BD

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

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Business Tax Law Provisions Of The OBBA

United States Commercial

OK

Offit Kurman

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Tax

HE

Hall Estill

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

NM

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

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

United States Employment

OK

Offit Kurman

AMTL's AICP Files Second Case Against TSMC, Its Advanced Memory Amends Against SK Hynix

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 14, 2025, that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed method for ranking chemicals in the food supply by 30 days, to August 18, 2025.

United States Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

A Snapshot Of Extended Producer Responsibility In 2025

2025 has been a busy year for extended producer responsibility (EPR) policy, especially for packaging and paper products. States have enacted new EPR programs and laws to assess the need for EPR.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has proposed listing microplastics as "Candidate Chemicals" under the Safer Consumer Products Program, marking a turning point...

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA Releases Online Public Information Resources For Contrails And Geoengineering

On July 10, EPA announced the release of "New Online Resources Giving Americans Total Transparency on the Issues of Geoengineering and Contrails." In the news release, EPA said the resources are to "address public questions and concerns about…geoengineering and contrails."

United States Environment

CC

Crain Caton & James

Recent Federal Developments For July 2025

United States Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Is Your Enantiomer Possessed?

United States IP

M

Mintz

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

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Texas Supreme Court Rules Produced Water Belongs To Lessees

United States Energy

LL

Liskow & Lewis

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

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Q2 Newsletter

United States IP

HI

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

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Q2 Newsletter

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter for the Chemical and Life Science sectors. In this quarter's update, we cover key patent law developments and provide expert...

United States IP

HI

Harness IP

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

On June 25, 2025, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), and the George Washington University (GWU) Milken Institute School of Public Health...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on June 18, 2025, the release of its proposed method for ranking chemicals in the food supply.

United States Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

Over the past several months, hundreds of businesses across California have been served with Notices of Violation (NOVs) of California's Proposition 65 ("Prop 65") for issuing thermal receipts...

United States Energy

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

APHIS Amends Regulations To Conform To Vacatur Of SECURE Rule

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2024 ban on chrysotile asbestos, a landmark regulatory action under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

United States Environment

OD

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

APHIS Seeks Comment On Petition To Deregulate Orchid Developed Using Genetic Engineering

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it received a petition from Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Limited seeking a determination of nonregulated status for ISK-311NR-4 Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) that has been developed using genetic engineering to produce a blue-purple flower color. 90 Fed. Reg. 23666.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Food And Chemical Update: FDA Unveils Data-Driven Assessment Tool To Rank Food Chemicals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed the use of a new, systematic tool to guide how it will rank and prioritize substances in food for post-market safety reviews.

United States Healthcare

HK

Holland & Knight

OECD Publishes Report On Commercial Availability And Current Uses Of PFAS And Alternatives In Hydraulic Oils And Lubricants

On June 20, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a report entitled Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Alternatives in Hydraulic Oils and Lubricants: Report on Commercial Availability and Current Uses.

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EP Research Service Publishes Think Tank Briefing On EU Chemicals Strategy For Sustainability

European Union Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Chemical Ban Set To Hit Fashion Supply Chains In 2026

United States Energy

HK

Holland & Knight

States Take Up 'Forever Chemicals' Restrictions As EPA Shifts

United States Environment

D

Dechert

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

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

IARC Classifies Automotive Gasoline As Carcinogenic To Humans

United States Litigation

BC

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

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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

United States Healthcare

MB

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

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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)

AP

Arnold & Porter

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

WB

Womble Bond Dickinson

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