Many universities and local governments have installed synthetic turf made with “crumb rubber” – ground up tires – on playing fields and playgrounds in recent years to obtain the advantages of all-season use and lower maintenance costs. In recent months, however, the media and a growing group of critics contend that the crumb rubber used

Emma K. Burton
Emma Burton is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm's Antitrust and Competition and Litigation groups. Her practice focuses primarily on assisting clients to achieve affirmative recovery through negotiation, litigation, and the pursuit of claims in large antitrust and tort settlements, and she has recovered over $1 billion for clients in recent years. She is experienced in the process by which class action settlements are administered and distributed and in effectively resolving disputes over allowable purchases, sufficiency of data, jurisdictional issues, and the allocation of funds.
Emma graduated from Brown University in 1994 and earned her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997. While in law school, she was a member of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
Microbead Bans Expanding
The number of states who have banned the use of microbeads in personal care products is growing, with California being the most recent to join the trend. California and New Jersey laws expand their bans to include biodegradable microbeads; Johnson & Johnson and Proctor & Gamble both opposed the California law. The Personal Care Products…