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Ten FCA Decisions from 2013 That Contractors Need to Know

Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.04.14

In "Ten FCA Decisions From 2013 That Government Contractors Need To Know," a feature comment published in The Government Contractor, C&M attorneys Andy Liu, Jonathan Cone, and Olivia Lynch count down 10 FCA decisions from last year they predict will have the most significant legal and practical impact on government contractors. Read how the FCA's statute of limitations may be tolled indefinitely thanks to a World War II-era statute, when weaknesses in a contractor's compliance system may lead to FCA liability, and why one court found nothing wrong with imposing a $24 million penalty on a contractor despite no finding of harm to the government on a $3.3 million contract.


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Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.28.26

PFAS Regulatory Alert: EPA Rolls Back RCRA Proposed Rule on “Hazardous Waste” but Does Not Disturb Proposed RCRA Rule on PFAS

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew a February 2024 Biden administration proposed rule, “Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units,” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).[1] The withdrawn proposal would have revised RCRA corrective action regulations to expressly apply the broader statutory definition of “hazardous waste,” rather than only the narrower regulatory definition. Now, EPA is maintaining the status quo for corrective action under RCRA. However, EPA’s withdrawal of its proposed RCRA hazardous waste definition makes no mention of its corresponding proposal from 2024 to list nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as RCRA hazardous constituents.[2] This disjointed withdrawal, while providing some certainty for regulated entities, does not resolve how EPA plans to address PFAS under the RCRA program....