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Washington – September 20, 2019: Super Lawyers has recognized 82 Crowell & Moring lawyers as leaders in their field in Southern California, Northern California, New York Metro, and Washington, D.C. The lawyers listed below were named in the corresponding issues of 2019 Super Lawyers Magazine, the Super Lawyers 2019 "Rising Stars" Edition, or the Super Lawyers 2019 Women’s Edition. Lawyers were identified through a peer nomination process and listed by respective practice areas for which they were selected.Los Angeles (Southern California)

Washington – January 3, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected eight lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2019. The firm has also promoted 21 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s Washington, New York, and Brussels offices, and underscore the firm’s commitment to its Corporate, Government Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Litigation, Mass Tort, Product & Consumer Litigation, and Privacy & Cybersecurity practices.

A wave of recent changes in federal and state law pertaining to PFAS chemicals is likely to present both immediate and long-term challenges to the government contracting community. At the federal level, contractors that import products, parts, packaging, equipment or other articles with components that contain PFAS must confront new and extensive regulatory reporting requirements relating to such imports going back to 2011, and they must do so by May 2025. At the state level, a growing list of states are enacting total bans on the sale and distribution of such products and components. On top of this flurry of environmental regulatory activity, the Biden Administration continues to direct federal agencies to develop procurement strategies that prioritize the purchase of PFAS-free articles as part the Administration’s broader effort to leverage the federal procurement function in pursuit of climate and sustainability policy objectives.

Recent changes in federal and state law pertaining to PFAS chemicals will have profound impacts on clean energy companies in the U.S.  At the federal level, companies that import equipment or other articles with components that contain PFAS will have to comply with extensive reporting requirements.  At the state level, companies will face total bans on the sale and distribution of such products and components.

In a recent Client Alert we introduced readers to EPA’s new PFAS reporting rule under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), highlighting the rule’s impacts on companies that are typically not regulated under TSCA, such as importers of equipment, machinery, electronics and other types of manufactured articles.  In this follow-up alert we examine how the new PFAS reporting rule will apply to manufacturers and importers of chemical products.  Although chemical manufacturers are likely to be well-acquainted with regulations under TSCA, EPA’s new PFAS reporting rule is unprecedented in scope and will present unusual compliance challenges for many companies that manufacture or import chemical products.

The Household and Commercial Products Association’s (HCPA’s) Pesticide Regulation Workshop, organized, hosted, and co-presented by Crowell, is the oldest and largest annual event dedicated to pesticide regulation, compliance, and enforcement under federal and state pesticide laws. This year’s workshop will feature guest speakers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and from the Natural Resources Defense Council. This year’s workshop will focus on practical information, including what companies need to know in order to get their pesticide products onto the market, keep them there, and avoid business disruptions and penalties. Knowledgeable and experienced presenters will cover the following topics:

Please join Crowell & Moring LLP on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at The Umstead Hotel in Cary, North Carolina for a one-day workshop on pesticide data compensation and protection under the laws of the United States, Canada, and the European Union. 

Please join us for an overview of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including the significant changes made by the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act (LCSA), which amended TSCA on June 22, 2016.

The fourth webinar in our Election 2020 series will focus on the presidential candidates’ platforms on environmental law and policy and how American businesses, workers and consumers will have to prepare for two very different worlds depending upon the election outcome. In this roundtable webinar, our lawyers will discuss what’s at stake, the opportunities that exist to influence policy making, and how to leverage administration and congressional priorities under various election scenarios for the coming years, including:

The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) will hold a Pesticide Regulations three-part webinar series covering FIFRA, 25(b) and Importing/Exporting Pesticides on October 13 – 15, 2020. Partner Michael Boucher will be speaking on the panel "The Regulation of Advertising and Claims under FIFRA" Tuesday, October 13 at 1:00 p.m. On Thursday, October 15 both Michael and counsel Amy Symonds will be speaking on the panel "Importing and Exporting Pesticides" at 1:00 p.m.