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California Governor proposes reforms to Proposition 65, seeks to prevent abuse of statute by "unscrupulous lawyers"

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 13 2013

California Governor Edmund Brown has added his voice to a number of California legislators calling for an overhaul of the state's Safe Drinking Water

Prop 65 reforms proposed

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 8 2013

Our readers know how Prop 65 has created numerous issues for product sellers and created much litigation mischief in the hands of overzealous

2013 - the year California finally reins in the excesses and abuses of Prop 65?

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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May 7 2013

It looks like Governor Jerry Brown is taking on Prop 65 in an effort to make California more business friendly, and put a limit on frivolous

Children’s nap mat maker to eliminate fire retardant

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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April 26 2013

An activist group announced on April 15, 2013, that it had reached a settlement in a case brought under California's Proposition 65, which requires

Dole targeted with “greenwashing” class action

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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November 30 2012

A putative class action alleging that Dole Food Co. misleads consumers by claiming it is an environmentally friendly and socially responsible company despite purportedly purchasing bananas from growers using pesticides in Guatemala has reportedly been filed in a California federal court

Largest criminal fine and civil penalty ever used under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act imposed on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

In one of the most widely publicized enforcement actions ever brought under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (“Scotts”) of Marysville, Ohio pleaded guilty to crimes, entered into a civil Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with the U.S

New litigation risks relating to greenwashing claims

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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USA
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October 11 2012

As discussed in a post a few weeks ago by my colleague, Lynnda McGlinn, one of the newer types of consumer class action litigation relates to the concept of greenwashingthe claim that a company is making unsubstantiated representations about the eco-friendly nature of a product or service

Minnesota Supreme Court reverses court of appeals and holds that pesticide drift into organic fields may not give rise to trespass claims

Larkin Hoffman
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USA
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October 2 2012

In an August 2012 decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that particulate matter, including pesticides that drift onto organic farms, cannot form the basis of a trespass claim

Testing lab owner sentenced to prison for falsifying results

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 28 2012

The owner of an environmental testing laboratory in Douglassville, Pennsylvania, has reportedly been sentenced by a federal court to nine months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that resulted in reporting false water test results

Scotts Miracle-Gro to pay $10 million in criminal fines and civil penalties, and spend $2.5 million on environmental projects, for violations of federal pesticide laws

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 10 2012

In our March 5, 2012 blog entry, we reported that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the world’s largest marketer of residential use pesticides, pleaded guilty to illegally applying to its wild bird food products insecticides that are toxic to birds, falsifying pesticide registration documents, distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels, and distributing unregistered pesticides

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California Governor proposes reforms to Proposition 65, seeks to prevent abuse of statute by "unscrupulous lawyers"

Prop 65 reforms proposed

2013 - the year California finally reins in the excesses and abuses of Prop 65?

Children’s nap mat maker to eliminate fire retardant

Dole targeted with “greenwashing” class action

Largest criminal fine and civil penalty ever used under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act imposed on the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

New litigation risks relating to greenwashing claims

Minnesota Supreme Court reverses court of appeals and holds that pesticide drift into organic fields may not give rise to trespass claims

Testing lab owner sentenced to prison for falsifying results

Scotts Miracle-Gro to pay $10 million in criminal fines and civil penalties, and spend $2.5 million on environmental projects, for violations of federal pesticide laws

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