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title: PFAS Update
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# PFAS Update

Regulation, Litigation, and Liability in 2022

 October 13, 2022 from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm (EDT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

![](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/events/PFAS-Seminar-banner.png)Kelley Drye attorneys and guest speakers discussed the latest developments on the impacts, regulation, and litigation surrounding one of the most impactful emerging contaminants in a generation: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

The full-day program presented a series of panels featuring experts and practitioners from government, outside counsel, and a variety of technical fields who discussed the most pertinent federal and state regulations, litigation issues, and liability developments involving these ​“forever” chemicals.

Topics, moderators and panelists:

**The State of the Science** - **[Curt Marshall](/Our-People/Curt-D-Marshall)** (moderator), **Mark Benotti**, NewFields, **Frances Nilsen**, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and **Gloria Post**, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (panelists)

**State PFAS Regulation** - **[Lana Rowenko](/Our-People/Lana-Rowenko)** (moderator), **[Joe Green](/Our-People/Joseph-J-Green),** and **[Maria Pimenta](/Our-People/Maria-Pimienta)** (panelists)

**Federal Actions Under the Biden Administration** - **[Bill Jackson](/Our-People/William-J-Jackson)** (moderator), **[Steve Humphreys](/Our-People/Steven-L-Humphreys)**, **[Nancy Yanochik](/Our-People/Nancy-Archer-Yanochik),** and **[Lauren Shah](/Our-People/Lauren-H-Shah)** (panelists)

**Addressing PFAS from Industrial Discharger Sites** - **[David Reap](/Our-People/David-M-Reap)** (moderator), **[David Zalman](/Our-People/David-Zalman)**, **[Melissa Byroade](/Our-People/Melissa-E-Byroade)**, and **Dan Hirschman**, North Carolina Department of Justice (panelists)

**Aqueous Film-Forming Foam MDL** - **[John Gilmour](/Our-People/John-D-S-Gilmour)**, [**Andrew Homer**](/Our-People/Andrew-W-Homer) and **[David Reap](/Our-People/David-M-Reap)** (panelists)

**Damages and Remediation** - **[Ken Corley](/Our-People/Kenneth-O-Corley)** (moderator), **[Bill Jackson](/Our-People/William-J-Jackson), Anthony Brown**, Aquilogic, and **Michael Donlan**, Industrial Economics, Inc. (panelists)

Special guest Rob Bilott was a lunch presentation speaker.

 

 

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5. [David M. Reap](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-m-reap)
6. [Lana Rowenko](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lana-rowenko)
7. [Lauren H. Shah](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/lauren-h-shah)
8. [Nancy Archer Yanochik](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/nancy-archer-yanochik)
9. [David I. Zalman](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-i-zalman)
 

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