{"id":20961,"date":"2025-12-04T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/?post_type=whitepapers&#038;p=20961"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:07:15","slug":"napoli-shkolnik-discusses-emerging-litigation-against-microplastic-polluters-in-aaj-trial-magazine","status":"publish","type":"whitepapers","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/%e7%99%bd%e3%81%84%e7%b4%99\/napoli-shkolnik-discusses-emerging-litigation-against-microplastic-polluters-in-aaj-trial-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoli Shkolnik Discusses Emerging Litigation Against Microplastic Polluters in AAJ Trial Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u304a\u304f\u3079\u304d\u3053\u3068<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Microplastics, tiny plastic particles typically smaller than five millimeters, are causing significant environmental damage and have been found in oceans, fresh water, soil, air, and even inside humans and animals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerging litigation seeks to hold corporations accountable for plastic pollution, focusing on two major legal theories: consumer fraud and public nuisance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsprlaw.com\/en\/attorneys\/paul-j-napoli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb\u30fbJ\u30fb\u30ca\u30dd\u30ea<\/a> \u3068 <a href=\"https:\/\/nsprlaw.com\/en\/attorneys\/coral-m-odiot-rivera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coral M. Odiot-Rivera,<\/a> partners at Napoli Shkolnik, discuss the growing area of litigation against microplastics in their recent article for the American Association for Justice\u2019s December 2025 <em>Trial Magazine<\/em>. They explain that municipalities and states are increasingly turning to traditional tort doctrines and consumer protection laws to seek compensation for the damage these contaminants cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the heart of these consumer fraud claims are allegations that companies have misled consumers about the recyclability, safety, and environmental impact of plastic products,\u201d Napoli and Odiot-Rivera wrote. \u201cNow, in the face of an environmental emergency, the legal system is being called on to redefine corporate responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Shift in Environmental Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article discusses how lawsuits are challenging companies on two fronts: consumer fraud for misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastics, and the other being public nuisance for marketing plastic products knowing they would become pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMicroplastics litigation signals a turning point in environmental law,\u201d they wrote. \u201cCourts are increasingly applying established legal doctrines\u2014consumer fraud and public nuisance\u2014to contemporary environmental challenges that the laws didn\u2019t anticipate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.org\/resources\/publications\/trial-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3053\u3053<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What You Need to Know Paul J. Napoli and Coral M. Odiot-Rivera, partners at Napoli Shkolnik, discuss the growing area of litigation against microplastics in their recent article for the&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","whitepaper_category":[],"whitepaper-source":[],"class_list":["post-20961","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/20961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whitepapers"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/20961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20962,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/20961\/revisions\/20962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_category?post=20961"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper-source?post=20961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}