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On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") finally finalized its rule requiring the reporting and recordkeeping of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS").

The proposed rules are a significant step toward EPA's national regulation of a number of PFAS in the realm of investigation and cleanup authority.

On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule requiring reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. must pay $81.6 Million to the United States government after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mismanagement of hazardous waste.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed the first national drinking water standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), sometimes called "forever chemicals," on March 14, 2023.

This client alert details the newly published final rules under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, aimed at reducing methane emissions from new & existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills.

EPA this week took steps to require PFAS to be cleaned up at the nation's more than 1,700 facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous wastes ("TSDFs").

Now under review at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a draft proposed rule that could dramatically reduce the scope of the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Reporting Rule under Section...

What Happened? On May 21, 2024, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed the Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act (the Act). Minnesota is the fifth state to enact...

So you think you may want to sell your business sometime soon?

I previously described the potential pitfalls for those using DNA tests to identify dogs leaving behind specimens (aka poop) in public areas.

The latest fashion trends continue to heat up global runways, but unfortunately, the industry is also heating up the globe.

On April 23, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a landmark decision interpreting the reach of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA).

The EPA has proposed the sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6), requiring public water systems to monitor 30 unregulated contaminants including certain PFAS chemicals, while notably excluding microplastics from the monitoring requirements. Despite pressure from state officials and environmental organizations, the agency cited the lack of consensus analytical methods for microplastics testing, though it has not ruled out future monitoring requirements as testing capabilities develop.

On 13 August 2025, the Tennessee Underground Storage Tanks and Solid Waste Disposal Control Board voted to adopt new regulations for managing contaminated soil at redevelopment sites

As previously reported, U.S. EPA in April issued two major, highly-anticipated final rules regulating PFAS: (1) the first drinking water standards for six of the most prevalent PFAS compounds...

On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") published a new toolkit titled "Analyzing Telehealth Claims to Assess Program Integrity Risks"...