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Court’s Prop 65 Ruling a Great “Brewhaha” for Coffee Retailers
In 2010, a nonprofit group called The Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) brought a lawsuit against 91 commercial coffee roasters, retailers and distributors. CERT claimed the defendants failed to provide warnings regarding
Waste Water Discharge & Disposal: 9th Circuit Clarifies Permit Obligations
Call this one a case of misdirection, but an Appellate Opinion seems to simplify matters. If anything having to do with environmental law can be considered simple. In Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al., v. County
Su-PERFLUO-us? More Chemicals Added to Prop 65 List
Environmental Litigation Defense Attorney Stephen T. Holzer 818.907.3299 Business owners manufacturing, buying, selling, or importing products in California already know about the state’s Prop 65 law. But do they also know every single chemical or
Lighting Up Legislation: Regulating Recreational Marijuana in California
Environmental Litigation Defense Attorney Stephen T. Holzer 818.907.3299 California voters legalizing the use of recreational marijuana under Proposition 64, also known as The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) last November is just the beginning.
Temporarily Tapped Out: More Time to Consider California’s Clean Water Funding Bill
How deep does the clean water issue go in California? Let’s first take a look at some fairly recent and comprehensive findings: There was good news and bad news regarding the cleanliness of California’s drinking
Property Needs Environmental Cleanup? Don’t Scrap It, SCAP It!
Property owners in California may have access to state funds for environmental cleanup of smaller brownfields projects. The money comes from two pieces of environmental legislation passed in 2014. The Proposition 1 Groundwater Sustainability Program
Environmental Law: H.R. 2936 a Solution to Fire-borrowing?
Environmental Litigation Stephen T. Holzer 818.907.3299 The federal House Natural Resources Committee (HNRC) recently passed H.R. 2936, a bill to improve the overall health of forests and other lands across the country. The bill was
Tomato Tweaking: Genetically Engineered Crops May Be Safe for Consumption, Environment
Environmental Litigation Stephen T. Holzer 818.907.3299 Most of us remember the Jack and the Beanstalk story. In this 18th century fairy tale, a young, poor, every-day Jack trades an old cow for magic beans which
Old Grounds: A Lack of Prop 65 Warnings Brew Trouble for Coffee Franchisors
California Prop 65 warnings – many residents barely notice these anymore, as we’ve lived with Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act notices for over 30 years now. They appear at gas pumps; in apartment
Prop 65 Update: The Rules They Are a Changin’
Environmental Litigation Stephen T. Holzer 818.907.3299 Proposition 65, known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, among other things requires businesses employing ten or more people to warn consumers if the