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Navigating The Greenwashing Maze: The Multiple Pathways Of Risk To Consider For Environmental Marketing Claims

Companies making environmental marketing claims face mounting legal challenges from multiple fronts, including state and local regulators, consumer class actions, and competitor litigation. Recent enforcement actions reveal how recyclability claims, eco-friendly labels, and sustainability messaging are being scrutinized under various consumer protection laws, creating a complex compliance landscape for businesses advertising green products.

United States Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

Are Microplastics And Nanoplastics The Next Emerging Contaminant Of Concern?

Microplastics and nanoplastics are gaining increasing attention among the scientific and regulatory community, and plaintiffs and Attorneys General are taking note.

United States Environment

MM

McLane Middleton, Professional Association

Decommissioning Security For Data Centers And Other Commercial Development: Five Issues Policymakers Should Consider

Should developers of large-scale commercial projects like data centers be required to post financial security for future decommissioning costs?

United States Real Estate

TS

Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Environmental Highlights From Virginia’s 2026 Legislative Session

During the 2026 legislative session, Virginia's General Assembly passed an avalanche of new environmental legislation. The Assembly introduced over 200 bills related to the environment, with data centers...

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

EPR Compliance: Your Questions Answered

United States Environment

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

California's Rapidly Incoming SB 343 And SB 54: Anti-Greenwashing Laws Going Too Far?

United States Environment

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Dormant Commerce Claim Challenging Solid Waste Flow Control Proceeds To Discovery

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

A Changing Landscape: Bioengineered Trees For Improved Carbon Capture, Wood Processing, And Drought Resistance

United States IP

JA

J A Kemp LLP

California Publishes Long-Awaited Regulations For SB 54

United States Environment

GG

Greenberg Glusker LLP

California’s Final EPR Regulations Now In Effect: Key Deadlines And Action Items For Producers

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

EPA Seeks Comment On Interim PFAS Destruction And Disposal Guidance

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

How EPA Reviews Mixed Metal Oxides Used In Battery Cathode Active Materials

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

California’s Packaging EPR Deadlines Are Approaching: What Producers Need To Know About Source Reduction Reporting

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Washington Ecology Releases Draft 2026 Upland Finfish Hatchery Permit For Public Comment: Increased Reporting And Compliance Detail, No Major Changes To Core Effluent Limits

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

United States Insolvency

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

United States Tax

N

Nossaman LLP

Littler Lounge: Just Cause For A Chat About Corrective Actions (Podcast)

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Podcast - The New Rules Of Healthcare Fraud Enforcement

United States Healthcare

HK

Holland & Knight

Betting On Trouble: Insider Trading Arrests And The Senate’s Prediction Market Ban

United States Finance

LB

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

PFAS On Your Hands? EPA Weighs In With Updated Interim Guidance On The Destruction And Disposal Of PFAS Substances

On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its 2026 Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS (Interim Guidance)...

United States Environment

AP

Arnold & Porter

TSCA PFAS Reporting Postponed Again

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced it will again delay the start of the data submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”)...

United States Environment

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

PFAS In The EU: A Regulatory Turning Point

On March 26, 2026, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a 60-day public consultation on the draft opinion of its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) on the proposal restriction to per-...

European Union Environment

AO

A&O Shearman

Microplastics, MAHA, And The Evolving Politics Of Exposure Science

Concerns about microplastics and their effect on human and environmental health are no longer confined to academic literature or environmental advocacy. On April 6, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

United States Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

EPA Places Microplastics, PFAS, Pharmaceuticals, And DBPs On Draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List

United States Environment

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

EPA Proposes To Eliminate Paper Hazardous Waste Manifests

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

New York's Two-Track Climate Reporting Regime: From Measurement To Mandatory Disclosure

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

MassDEP Reports: More Progress Needed To Achieve Statewide Solid Waste Goals

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Textile EPR Update: California Selects Landbell USA As PRO As U.S. And Global Requirements Expand

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Strategic Environmental Compliance Audits: Key Benefits And Practical Considerations

United States Environment

B

Bracewell

Pollution Exclusion Survives Challenge In Equine Environmental Coverage Dispute

United States Environment

WR

Wiley Rein

Fusion Update: NRC Publishes Proposed Regulatory Framework For Fusion Machines

United States Environment

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

MassDEP Seeks Comment On Revisions To Longstanding Noise Policy

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

New York’s Expanding Environmental Regulatory Framework: A 2026 Outlook

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

Pollution Exclusion Survives Challenge In Equine Environmental Coverage Dispute

A federal court in California examined whether pollution exclusions in commercial insurance policies bar coverage for environmental claims arising from equine operations.

United States Environment

WR

Wiley Rein

Fusion Update: NRC Publishes Proposed Regulatory Framework For Fusion Machines

We previously commented on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (the “NRC’s”) ongoing efforts to develop a regulatory framework for commercial fusion energy.

United States Environment

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

MassDEP Seeks Comment On Revisions To Longstanding Noise Policy

On March 2, 2026, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) released a discussion document proposing revisions to its 1990 Noise Policy (the Policy)....

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

New York’s Expanding Environmental Regulatory Framework: A 2026 Outlook

Monitoring plan deadlines under New York's mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program (Part 253) begin September 1, 2026, with first emissions data reports due June 1, 2027.

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

Recent Federal Developments For March 2026

United States Energy

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

From Patchwork To Framework: NRC Moves To Standardize U.S. Fusion Regulations

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally released proposed regulations for fusion energy systems.

United States Energy

FL

Foley & Lardner

Plastics Updates - February 2026

Major plastics manufacturers (Dow Chemical, Imperial Oil, Nova Chemicals) and the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan are considering appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada to challenge the decision.

United States Environment

JD

Jones Day

New York State Public Service Commission Initiates New Proceeding To Address Interconnection Reforms For Large Loads (Energize NY Development)

On Feb. 12, 2026, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) initiated a new proceeding (Case 26-E-0045) to reform how large electricity users connect to the grid. Case 26-E-0045...

United States Energy

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

CalRecycle Publishes Several Components Of The SB 54 Statewide Needs Assessment

On February 18, 2026, CalRecycle published several components of the SB 54 statewide needs assessment, including five technical reports and a Synthesis Report summarizing the overall findings.

United States Environment

GG

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Federal PFAS Regulation: 2025 Activities And 2026 Anticipated Actions

United States Environment

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Texas Attorney General Gets Winded Over Wind Turbine Waste Sites

United States Environment

CO

Cozen O'Connor

Federal Court Enjoins Oregon's Extended Producer Responsibility Law—a Bellwether Moment For All Seven EPR States

United States Environment

FL

Foley & Lardner

Consumer Compass: Navigating The Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Issue I 2026

Worldwide Consumer

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

United States Consumer

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Extended Producer Responsibility Laws Are Here: What Manufacturers Must Do Now To Assess Applicability And Compliance Risk

United States Commercial

FL

Foley & Lardner

Court Of Appeals Reaffirms SEQRA Standing For Affected Property Owners

United States Environment

FF

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Coast To Coast: How New York's New GHG Reporting Rules Compare To California's SB 253

United States Environment

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Latest Pandora's Box: What You Need To Know Now About State EPR Laws

United States Environment

HK

Holland & Knight

State AG News: Environmental Regulation, Consumer Protection, Patient Safety (January 8-14, 2026)

United States Environment

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

Federal PFAS Regulation And Litigation: Developments, Implementation, And What To Expect In The Second Year Of The Trump Administration

United States Environment

MG

Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

New York Implements Greenhouse Gas Reporting For 2026

United States Environment

MG

Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox

Simplificación, Modificación Y Expedición De Trámites Y Formatos Que Se Presentan Ante La Secretaría De Medio Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales

United States Environment

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

PFAS News For The New Year

United States Environment

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Packaging EPR Updates: California Withdraws SB 54 Draft Regulations And Oregon Enforcement And Rulemaking Updates

United States Environment

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

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May A Court Take Judicial Notice Of Gravity? (Video)

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

CCRs Dodge A Hazardous Waste Bullet: EPA Regulates Under RCRA Subtitle D

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

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