12/18/2020 8:45:39 PM ICYMI: Horizon Scanning: 2021 Environmental, health & safety law in the United States By Megan Haines Todd Maiden Ben Patton Randa Lewis Eric Schmoll A.J. Wissinger +3 more... Show less Reed Smith’s U.S. based environmental team recently held a CLE webinar on what US environmental, health and safety legal and regulatory...
12/12/2020 12:02:02 AM Signs point to Federal OSHA issuing rule under new administration as states continue to modify COVID-19 rules and guidance By Ben Patton Mary Balaster As the transition in presidential administration draws closer and COVID-19 cases continue to increase in certain parts of the country, it...
11/23/2020 9:20:35 PM The Blue Guide proposed revisions: what to expect By Nicholas Rock Adam Hedley Annie O'Connor The European Commission’s “’Blue Guide’ on the Implementation of EU products rules” (the Blue Guide) was last issued in 2016, and is now...
11/20/2020 9:51:06 PM California rapidly approves sweeping Cal/OSHA emergency COVID-19 regulation By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Just one week after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) made its proposed COVID-19 Emergency...
11/12/2020 7:26:09 PM Chemical regulation in the new administration: PFAS top of list? By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Keturah Brown +3 more... Show less Organizations closely scrutinizing PFAS, like the Environmental Working Group, are touting loudly that the Biden administration will...
11/12/2020 4:27:16 PM Reading Tea Leaves: Biden Transition Team By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Keturah Brown +3 more... Show less President Elect Joe Biden announced his agency review teams. Agency review teams are responsible for understanding the operations of each...
11/10/2020 8:08:32 PM Swinging the Pendulum: Significant Shifts in Environmental and Safety Regulation under a Biden Administration By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Keturah Brown +3 more... Show less On November 7, 2020, Joe Biden became the projected President-elect of the United States. With an aggressive climate change plan that...
10/26/2020 8:23:11 PM ICYMI: California to conserve land, coasts to capture carbon and fight climate change By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll California has joined dozens of nations in a global pact to preserve biodiversity and prevent species loss by pledging to conserve 30...
10/16/2020 3:03:07 PM California Senate Bill May Hamstring a Challenger’s Ability to Slow Down a Project under the California Environmental Quality Act By Phillip Babich Emily Lynch When a proposed project in California, say a new condominium or a power plant, requires environmental review under the California...
10/14/2020 10:41:08 AM Public consultation now open in respect of laws on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Packaging Waste By Nicholas Rock Annie O'Connor Within the last few days, the European Commission has opened the ‘public consultation’ stage of its evaluation of the law relating to...
10/8/2020 6:52:02 PM Safety groups urge Congress to consider implications of cannabis bill By Daniella Landers Recently, several health and safety groups, including the National Safety Council, the American College of Occupational and Environmental...
9/28/2020 12:05:13 PM European Commission launches consultation to regulate green claims in marketing and combat ‘Greenwashing’ By Jennifer Travers The European Commission has opened a consultation on a potential legislative proposal on substantiating green claims made when...
9/25/2020 8:21:36 PM California going electric: Sale of new gasoline-powered cars banned in 2035 By Todd Maiden Eric Schmoll California will ban the sale of new, gasoline-powered cars by 2035, an aggressive action by Governor Gavin Newsom to combat the causes of...
9/18/2020 3:46:56 PM Up, Up, and a (New) Way to Facilitate Compliance: Drones and Their Capabilities as HSE Compliance Tools By A.J. Wissinger Ben Patton Drones, a generic term for unmanned aircraft, have been utilized in military applications for decades. More recently, however, advances...
9/15/2020 2:05:56 PM European Commission announces far-reaching plans for revision of EU Ecodesign laws By Nicholas Rock Nicolas Walker Albertine Aquenin Annie O'Connor +1 more... Show less On 14 September 2020, the European Commission published its “Sustainable Products Initiative”, which aims to revise the existing...
9/14/2020 11:03:34 AM Lithium added to the list of EU Critical Raw Materials, alongside other key materials for clean technologies By Jennifer Travers On 3 September 2020 the European Commission released an updated action plan on critical raw materials (CRMs). In doing so, it has added...