The February 8, 2012, issue of Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the challenge lawyers face in counseling clients whose products involve emerging technologies. Bergeson stated: “Emerging technological platforms are changing forever the ways chemicals are produced and products designed and made, but our regulatory governance structures are ill-suited to keep up with the speed of these advances.”

We are pleased to announce that Lynn L. Bergeson will participate in a February 7, 2012, Bloomberg BNA webinar entitled "The Greening of Consumer Products: Legal, Regulatory, and Strategic Considerations." Bloomberg BNA states that the webinar is intended to help users:

• Identify the core concepts of green product development and the maturation of conventional environmental protection themes on which green product steward concepts rely;
   
• Describe the diversity of legal and regulatory authorities, domestic and international, that are relevant to chemical, industrial, and consumer product manufacturers from a legal compliance perspective;
   
• Analyze the role of private party standards and evolving concepts of product stewardship in product design and management;
   
• Address the trends and emerging themes embedded in the commercial value chain that must be monitored to be competitive and successful;
   
• Explore the challenges and value of green product marketing; and
   
• Develop basic strategies for legal compliance and commercial success in green product marketing.

Registration information is available online.

The November 29, 2011, issue of Inside EPA quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s November 2, 2011, memorandum regarding the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) "informal draft" Safer Consumer Products Regulations.

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on May 19, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a panel discussing key nanotechnology-related international and state regulatory programs during a "quick teleconference" program sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources entitled Nano Governance: The Current State of Federal, State, and International Regulation. The teleconference will explore the new and creative applications of existing regulatory tools and governance approaches to address the potential risks of nanotechnologies, implement new risk assessment approaches to evolving technologies, and maximize the potential benefits of these materials.

Speakers include:

• William Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
   
• Jim Alwood, Program Manager, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, EPA;
   
• Treye A. Thomas, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Directorate for Health Sciences, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission;
   
• Steffi Friedrichs, Ph.D., Nanotechnology Industries Association;
   
• Neena Sahasrabudhe, Ph.D., Office of Pollution Prevention and Green Technology, California Department of Toxic Substances Control;
   
• Rosalind Volpe, Ph.D., Executive Director, Silver Nanotechnology Working Group, A Program of Silver Research Consortium, LLC;
   
• Thomas R. Jacob, Coordinator, California Nanotechnology Initiative;
   
• Richard A. Denison, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.; and
   
• Steve Froggett, Ph.D., Froggett & Associates.

There are two ways to participate in this program, either attending a host site location or individual dial-in. Participation at a host site location is free of charge for ABA members and $110 for non-members. Registration with the host site contact is required, however:

• Durham, North Carolina: Silver Research Consortium, LLC, 1822 E. NC Highway 54, Suite 120. RSVP: Rosalind Volpe, (919) 361-4647, ext. 3023 or rvolpe@caa.columbia.edu;
   
• San Francisco, California: McKenna, Long, Aldridge, LLP, 101 California Street, 41st Floor. RSVP: Ann Grimaldi, (415) 267-4104 or agrimaldi@mckennalong.com; or
   
• Washington, D.C.: Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street, N.W. RSVP: David E. Markert, (202) 719-7496 or dmarkert@wileyrein.com.

More information is available online.

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on January 27, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a panel discussing key nanotechnology-related international and state regulatory programs during a "quick teleconference" program sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources entitled Nano Governance: The Current State of Federal, State, and International Regulation. The teleconference will explore the new and creative applications of existing regulatory tools and governance approaches to address the potential risks of nanotechnologies, implement new risk assessment approaches to evolving technologies, and maximize the potential benefits of these materials.

We are pleased to announced that Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a "quick teleconference" program sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources entitled "Selling Green: A Concise Overview of the FTC's Proposed Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims." The November 16, 2010, teleconference will explore the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed revisions to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (Green Guides), consider the reasoning behind the FTC's decision to propose them as it did, and discuss the legal, practical, and business competition issues that arise with application of the Green Guides in the real world. Speakers include:

• Anne Johnson, Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition;
• Laura Koss, FTC; and
• Beth L. Laws, Assistant General Counsel and Vice President for International Affairs, Consumer Specialty Product Association.

There are two ways to participate in this program, either attending a host site location or individual dial-in. Participation at a host site location is free of charge for ABA members, and $110 for non-members. Registration with the host site contact is required, however:

• Austin, Texas: Brown McCarroll, L.L.P., 111 Congress Ave., Suite 1400. RSVP: Keith Hopson, (512) 479-9735 or khopson@brownmccarroll.com;
• Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Butzel Long, Stoneridge West, 41000 Woodward Ave. RSVP: Beth S. Gotthelf, (248) 258-1303 or gotthelf@butzel.com; and
• Washington, D.C.: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), 1203 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 300. RSVP: Chad Howlin, (202) 557-3816 or chowlin@lawbc.com.

More information is available online.

The October 29, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News includes an item on the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Quick Teleconference entitled “Selling Green: A Concise Overview of the FTC’s Proposed Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims,” which will be moderated by Lynn L. Bergeson.

The October 11, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson concerning the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed revisions to its Green Guides.

The September 21, 2010, issue of Inside EPA Risk Policy Report quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s (B&C) September 16, 2010, memorandum concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) September 16, 2010, notice seeking input on its role in the “green” or sustainable products movement.