8/11/2026 1:43:23 PM EU Publishes New FAQs on the PPWR By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Bijan Tavakoli Seth Engel Aidan Lawes Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less With Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste ("PPWR") set to become applicable on August 12, 2026, the European...
8/11/2026 1:36:48 PM California Court Tentatively Denies Injunction Against Textile EPR Program By Emily Goldberg Knox On August 6, 2026, the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, issued a tentative ruling denying a motion for preliminary...
7/15/2026 2:56:46 PM EU Commission Completes Deforestation Regulation Simplification Package By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Bijan Tavakoli Olga Gidalevitz +3 more... Show less On July 13, 2026, the European Commission ("Commission") completed the simplification package for the EU Deforestation Regulation...
7/1/2026 6:31:18 PM EU Forced Labor Regulation: The Time to Prepare is Now By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Bethany Biesenthal Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Aidan Lawes Seth Engel Olga Gidalevitz Bijan Tavakoli +4 more... Show less As the European Commission pointed out on its updated website on the European Union's Forced Labor Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3015)...
3/6/2026 7:32:41 PM California Textile EPR—Next Steps for Brands and Retailers Before July 1 By Olga Gidalevitz Emily Goldberg Knox On February 27, 2026, CalRecycle announced that it selected Landbell USA—one of three applicants—as the producer responsibility...
2/26/2026 8:26:47 PM Plastics Updates - February 2026 By David Kiernan Emily Goldberg Knox Rebekah Blake Howard Sidman Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Lee DeJulius Preslava Dilkova Elizabeth Wild Prudence Smith +6 more... Show less Welcome to the February edition of the Plastics newsletter. Published monthly, we provide litigation, regulatory, and newsworthy updates...
5/2/2025 10:30:56 PM Sustainability Due Diligence Requirements in the EU Batteries Regulation By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova European Regulation 2023/1542, concerning batteries and waste batteries (the “EUBR”), is a dark horse. While it includes a number of...
3/28/2025 6:02:48 PM Chemical Recycling Still Faces Regulatory Challenges in the EU By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Chemical recycling of plastic is at a turning point in Europe, with several large projects poised to start but still facing regulatory...