Harris Beach partners authored two articles in the recent DRI In-House Defense Quarterly Winter 2022 issue.

Kelly Jones Howell, co-leader of the firm’s Medical and Life Sciences Industry Team, and Gene Kelly, a member of the firm’s Environmental Law practice group, co-authored (along with our late partner Joseph Picciotti) “Navigating a New Frontier in Environmental Regulation,” analyzing PFAS regulation and litigation. In recent years, states and the federal government have become more aggressive in investigating the health and environmental effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, the class of compounds that have come to be known as forever chemicals. Read the full article beginning on page 31.

Judi Abbott Curry’s annual New York Medical and Life Sciences Year in Review was republished by DRI as well. In the piece Abbott Curry, co-leader of the firm’s Medical and Life Sciences Industry Team, reviews, analyzes and shares potential implications for future life science cases, based on several key judicial holdings in New York in 2021 pertaining to pharmaceuticals, federal preemption, medical devices, public health and consumer fraud class action. Read the full article beginning on page 34.