12/3/2021 8:52:35 PM Update on OSHA vaccine ETS litigation: Challengers seek hearing en banc as government moves to dissolve stay By Emily Harbison Ben Patton Jessyka Linton After the Sixth Circuit was selected via a lottery in November to hear the consolidated challenges made against the recent OSHA emergency...
11/4/2021 9:19:10 PM OSHA’s vaccine ETS has arrived for large private employers By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton On October 21, 2021, we published an article called “Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement.” In the article, we...
10/21/2021 7:22:02 PM Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton Since President Joe Biden issued his “Path Out of the Pandemic” memorandum and Executive Order 14042 on September 9, 2021, employers have...
6/21/2021 1:01:09 PM Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Standard Approved by Board and Fast-Tracked by Governor Newsom By Mara Curtis Ben Patton Mary Balaster Michele Gehrke Eric Schmoll +2 more... Show less On Friday June 11, 2021, the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) published new proposed text for...
6/7/2021 9:53:52 PM Cal Safety Standards Board approves second COVID-19 ETS By Ben Patton Mara Curtis Mary Balaster Late last week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Standards Board”) reconvened in a public meeting to...
5/20/2021 11:30:21 PM Cal Safety Standards Board defers voting on second COVID-19 ETS until June By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Mara Curtis Earlier today, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held a public meeting to consider, among other items, the...
5/17/2021 9:56:08 PM Cal-OSHA proposes changes to COVID-19 emergency regulation By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Mara Curtis With vaccination rates on a rise, the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal-OSHA”) have proposed revisions to the...
2/25/2021 6:59:58 PM Cal/OSHA moves forward with development of permanent COVID-19 standard while legislature considers bill to increase enforcement By Ben Patton Mary Balaster California continues to move forward with new proposals for regulation and enforcement of workplace hazards associated with COVID-19. As...
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...
11/20/2020 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...
11/10/2020 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...
8/26/2020 4:55:27 PM Quick cash in the times of COVID-19 – Section 363 sales of distressed assets and environmental liability By Daniella Landers Jennifer Smokelin A.J. Wissinger As we mentioned in a previous post, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a wave of bankruptcies that we expect to continue into 2021....
8/25/2020 3:03:35 PM EPA grants the first-ever COVID-19-related Section 18 Emergency Exemption under FIFRA By Jennifer Smokelin Randa Lewis On August 24, 2020, EPA announced an emergency exemption in the state of Texas that permits American Airlines and Total Orthopedics...
7/23/2020 3:34:48 PM Racing toward a standard: How Virginia, Oregon, and Washington are moving to regulate workplace hazards of COVID-19 By Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Mary Balaster Randa Lewis Brian Kay Veronica Miclot +3 more... Show less Individual states’ safety agencies have undertaken the development of their own workplace safety rules in response to potential hazards...
7/1/2020 3:16:08 PM EPA to terminate its temporary enforcement discretion policy By Jennifer Smokelin Randa Lewis On March 26, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum about a temporary policy regarding EPA enforcement of...