Stephen Samuels

Jun 14, 2024 | ccn.com | Stephen Samuels

German blockchain banking service Bitwala is set to launch a platform that will enable customers to hold both euro deposits and bitcoin in the same account.

May 20, 2024 | mondaq.com | Stephen Samuels |Stephen N. Haughey |Chris Kahn |Christina Wieg

Over the past week, hundreds of owners of publicly-owned treatment works (POTWs) across the country received a notice in the mail from a leading biosolid management company, stating that due to the April 19, 2024 listing of PFAS compounds (specifically PFOA and PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances, biosolids management contracts may need to be modified, may need to increase payment to the company, or may need to be terminated because the company can no longer provide its services.

May 20, 2024 | mondaq.com | Stephen N. Haughey |Chris Kahn |Christina Wieg |Stephen Samuels

Over the last 6-7 years in the emerging "PFAS world," most sewer authorities did not sample wastewater or biosolids for PFAS due to (1) no requirement to do so, (2) no U.S. EPA-approved analytical test method, (3) no enforceable standards to guide next steps, and (4) no assurance that the results would not create a risk of future lawsuits or other liabilities.

May 9, 2024 | lexology.com | Stephen Samuels |Stephen N. Haughey |Chris Kahn |Christina Wieg

Over the past week, hundreds of owners of publicly-owned treatment works (POTWs) across the country received a notice in the mail from a leading biosolid management company, stating that due to the April 19, 2024 listing of PFAS compounds (specifically PFOA and PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances, biosolids management contracts may need to be modified, may need to increase payment to the company, or may need to be terminated because the company can no longer provide its services.