Workshop B — Strategy Session on Minimizing PFAS Risks: Navigating the Growing Patchwork of State PFAS Laws and Preventing Your Company from Becoming a Class Action Target
Jeffrey Parker
Partner
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Aliza R. Karetnick
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Examining the rapidly evolving state-by-state regulatory framework governing the manufacturing, production and distribution of food products containing packaging with PFAS
- Understanding how to recognize and account for differences among various state prohibitions and update sourcing protocols to maintain compliance
- Adapting to changing consumer demands for PFAS-free products and satisfying customer demands for assurances of compliance
- Understanding PFAS testing challenges and how companies can better navigate this complex arena
- Assessing how testing/sourcing of packaging and regulatory approval can yield additional defense strategies for PFAS lawsuits
- Examining theories that plaintiffs are relying on in PFAS packaging claims — what defense strategies are proving to withstand the latest plaintiff challenges?