Last week Governor Newsom signed into law three new per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bills that will affect businesses not just in California but across the globe. Pressure from public health and environmental groups has already resulted in similar bans in...
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How Trucking Companies Reduce Risk with Best Practices
Crashes account for the greatest risk in the trucking industry in terms of exposure to legal claims and potential financial losses. In addition to litigation fees, other losses related to damaged product and missed deliveries can quickly proliferate. By taking the...
How Long Does it Take to Resolve Product Liability Lawsuits?
When a company gets sued in a product liability matter, one of the first questions clients often ask their lawyers is, “how long is this going to take?” There is not a simple answer because each product liability claim is unique. And since product liability cases are...
What Are CERCLA, RCRA, HSAA, and HWCA?
Attorneys who practice environmental law must contend with a high degree of complexity while navigating several intricate, overlapping but sometimes conflicting, local and federal regulations. One of the most wide-reaching federal statutes, the Comprehensive...
Can You Counteract a Design-Related Delay?
Many people think of environmental reporting issues or materials delays when construction projects are interrupted. However, among the most expensive obstacles are design mistakes. Designers work closely with architects and contractors to fill the spaces and provide...
California Braces for Huge Privacy Policy Changes
Due to the tech sector’s reliance on data as a commodity, anxiety has been building among Silicon Valley cognoscenti regarding massive changes to privacy regulations under consideration by the newly formed California Privacy Protection Agency (CCPA). The situation has...
Building an Effective Truck Accident Defense
Truck accidents are costly for shipping companies because they often involve catastrophic injuries. The most effective strategy is a proactive one that allows you to push back aggressively against any claims filed against your company. First, you must determine which...
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Remote Juries Are Too Distracted
Some California courts are holding jury trials during the coronavirus pandemic. Logistics have been a difficult challenge. But the biggest problem - one far more consequential than any technique and more pervasive than what happens in legal proceedings - is many...
All EGHB Name Partners Selected as 2020 Super Lawyers
Marte J. Bassi, Noel Edlin, Jeremy D. Huie, and Fred M. Blum are featured on the 2020 list of Super Lawyers. Bassi has repeatedly been recognized since 2004 for his success as a Personal Injury Defense attorney. Every year since 2006 Edlin has been recognized as a...
EGHB Closed for Juneteenth in Support of Racial Equality
Edlin Gallagher Huie + Blum stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the fight for racial equality in America. Our office will be closed on Juneteenth in observance of the day in 1865 when the last remaining Black slaves in the Confederacy were emancipated.