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Fresh Produce Law, Contracts, and Risks

January 31st, 2024|Categories: ELP|Tags: Broker-Carrier Partnership, brokers, Carriers, Contracts, emerging litigation, emerging litigation podcast, Farm to Store, Fresh Produce Law, Fruits and Vegetables, hb litigation, Katy Koestner Esquivel, Legal Obligations, legal podcast, Legal Risks, litigation podcast, PACA, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, Produce Growers, Reputation Risks, Shippers, supply chains, Tom Hagy, Transportation Sector|

In this episode, we discuss Fresh Produce Transportation Law with Katy Esquivel of Esquivel Law Chartered and the challenges of transporting fresh fruits and vegetables from farms to stores in a safe and timely manner. What legal and reputational risks do growers, brokers, and shippers face? What laws come into play? What are the essential components of contracts among participants in the supply chain? As Katy notes, "there is nobody in this country with a more tangible vested interest in the safety of produce than growers and everyone along the supply chain". Listen and learn more!

PFAS Regulation, Litigation, and Differentiation

November 9th, 2023|Categories: ELP|Tags: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, CLC, Critical Legal Content, David Marmins, emerging litigation, emerging litigation podcast, Environmental Damage, environmental litigation, hb litigation, Legal Obligations, legal podcast, litigation podcast, Morgan Harrison, Morgin Harrison, Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances, pfas, PFAS Compound Differences, PFAS Compounds, PFAS Litigation, PFAS Regulation, Tom Hagy|

In this episode, we give you some history of the PFAS compounds, discuss some of their important differences, review what litigation we're seeing (including the various claims and defenses), note what we can learn from recent settlement structures, forecast the impact of any new regulation, and predict what litigation might be next. Listen to our guests David Marmins and Morgan Harrison of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP.