Category: News

Feb 21, 2023

Maine Proposes Rule to Clarify Reporting Requirements for PFAS in Products – Update from Bergeson Campbell, P.C.

On February 14, 2023, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) announced a much anticipated proposed rule intended to provide additional guidance on the notification requirements and sales prohibitions for products and product components containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). MDEP will hold a public hearing on April […]

Feb 21, 2023

In Rejecting J&J Bankruptcy Petition, Court Reminds that Financial Distress is a Prerequisite to Bankruptcy – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

February 16, 2023 Brandon P. Matsnev, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog In In re LTL Management, LLC, No. 22-2003 (Jan. 30, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit had occasion to consider whether an entity that was created solely to house liabilities and file for bankruptcy could, in fact, […]

Feb 17, 2023

Recent Federal Developments – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

RECORDED WEBINAR ON-DEMAND — “What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023”: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s (B&C®) January 31, 2023, webinar “What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023” is now available for on-demand viewing. During this one-hour […]

Feb 14, 2023

Town’s Ban on Recreational Marijuana Establishments is Not a Zoning Bylaw and So is Valid

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in its decision in the case of Haven Center, Inc. v. Town of Bourne, 490 Mass. 364 (2022), upheld as valid the Town of Bourne’s general bylaw ban on recreational marijuana establishments.  In 2016, Massachusetts voters enacted a state ballot initiative legalizing the sale and use […]

Feb 14, 2023

NSR and EJ: Part 1

Posted by Eric L. Hiser Welcome to the start of an occasional series analyzing EPA’s efforts to implement the Administration’s goals of enhancing environmental justice across the United States. In this article, we analyze EPA’s “Principles for Addressing Environmental Justice in Air Permitting” issued by Joseph Goffman, Principal Deputy Administrator […]