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Russ helps global companies navigate international environmental regulatory regimes and develop product compliance and market-access strategies.
He served for over ten years as an international lawyer at the United States Department of State, representing the U.S. Government in designing, negotiating, or implementing most of the major multilateral environmental and oceans agreements. His experience and representative matters include:
Chemicals, Substances in Articles, and Product-Related Environmental Compliance
- Advising chemicals, pesticides, toy, and electronics companies on compliance with chemicals-related market access regulations, including Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH); Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS); and other national-level chemical and article import notification schemes as well as working extensively on multijurisdictional projects involving complex market access and compliance challenges for chemical products overseas.
- Advising companies and trade associations on regulatory requirements relating to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for trade in hazardous chemicals, and the Basel Convention on trade in hazardous waste and conducting advocacy in these unique forums.
- Representing companies on compliance and advocacy relating to regulatory requirements applicable to products containing or made with ozone-depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol and U.S. Clean Air Act.
- Counseling and representing electronics importers on the U.S. excise tax on goods manufactured with ozone-depleting substances.
- Advising on supply chain risk management relating to conflict minerals, raw materials, ethical sourcing, and human rights due diligence.
- Counseling consumer product and manufacturing companies on the implementation of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rule and related supply chain management issues.
- Advising global clients on risk management relating to corporate due diligence, supply chain, and human rights, including United Nations Guiding Principles and disclosure requirements regarding forced labor in complex supply chains.
More Legal and Business Bylines From K. Russell LaMotte
- India’s Central Consumer Protection Authority Proposes Guidelines to Regulate “Greenwashing" - (Posted On Wednesday, March 27, 2024)
- Countries to Resume Negotiations on Global Plastics Pollution Treaty: Outlook for INC-4 - (Posted On Thursday, March 21, 2024)
- Maine DEP Requests Proposals on Currently Unavoidable Uses of PFAS in Products - (Posted On Monday, January 08, 2024)
- Washington State Drafts Determinations on PFAS-Containing Products - (Posted On Tuesday, December 12, 2023)
- EPA Proposes Revisions to PBT Rules for DecaBDE and PIP (3:1) - (Posted On Thursday, November 30, 2023)
- EPA Finalizes HFC Technology Transition Rule - (Posted On Wednesday, November 08, 2023)
- EPA Proposes an HFC Emissions Reduction and Reclamation Program - (Posted On Monday, November 06, 2023)
- EPA Adopts PFAS Reporting Requirements Applicable to Article Importers and Chemical Manufacturers - (Posted On Monday, October 02, 2023)
- Minnesota Seeks Comment on PFAS in Products Law - (Posted On Tuesday, September 26, 2023)
- EPA Finalizes Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule for Asbestos - (Posted On Tuesday, July 25, 2023)