Written by Michael J. O’Neill, Esq. We had won a judgment of $433,000 in 2015 in our client’s long-running and ultimately successful case, Scotty Thyng v. City of Quincy et al, Norfolk Superior Court, Civil Action No. 2010-01449. That was after a two-week jury trial for violation of civil rights against five […]
On April 17, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft scope documents for the remaining seven of the 20 chemicals designated as high-priority substances for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The draft scope documents include the proposed conditions of use, hazards, exposures, and the potentially […]
COVID-19 UPDATE April 20, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher MGKF NewsFlash On March 26, 2020, EPA issued a memorandum setting forth its temporary policy regarding the exercise of EPA enforcement discretion during the COVID-19 public health emergency (EPA Temporary Enforcement Policy, which we reviewed in our April 2 Special Alert, followed several […]
Acta Group Launches CDR Cross-Check™ To Assist Companies In Identifying Chemical Data Reporting Requirements: The Acta Group (Acta®) announced on April 1, 2020, the launch of CDR Cross-Check™, an ingenious yet simple tool developed and offered by Acta to assist companies in preparing for the 2020 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) […]
COVID-19 UPDATE April 17, 2020 Bruce S. Katcher and Austin W. Manning MGKF Special Alert On April 9 and 13, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) invoked its authority under Executive Order No. 103 (E.O. 103) to modify a number of the State’s rules regulating waste including the Regulated Medical […]