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Sep 10, 2026
Lynn BergesonHOST
I'm Lynn Bergeson.
Lynn BergesonHOST
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Karen Harned, Director of Litigation and Legal Policy for the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors, to discuss the hot-off-the-presses decision in National Association of Wholesaler Distributors v. Felden.
Lynn BergesonHOST
the federal challenge to Oregon's extended producer responsibility law.
Lynn BergesonHOST
First, we discuss NAW's mission, the role of NAW's legal policy center, which Karen, as Director of Litigation and Legal Policy, leads, the reasons NAW sued the state of Oregon, and what federal judge Michael Simon determined in his much-anticipated ruling of last Thursday.
Lynn BergesonHOST
Welcome, Karen, for joining us here at All Things Chemical.
Lynn BergesonHOST
I've been so looking forward to this, not only because of the timing of this podcast, but also I've just been in awe of your legal career.
Lynn BergesonHOST
You know, you've served in the position of director of the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors.
Lynn BergesonHOST
legal policy center for just a little bit over two years now.
Laura FodyHOST
And man, does it feel like you need a JD sometimes to understand this stuff? Never thought we would be here in packaging.
Laura FodyHOST
The National Association of Wholesale Distributors filed an amended complaint seeking to block the enforcement of California's SB54 EPR law, arguing the law's recyclability definition is unlawful.
Laura FodyHOST
unconstitutionally vague.
Laura FodyHOST
This move follows a similar challenge to SB 343 in Oregon, which was temporarily blocked by a preliminary injunction earlier this summer.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
A judge has sided with Oregon's new statewide recycling system in a lawsuit brought by distributors.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
The National Association of Wholesaler Distributors sued state officials in 2025.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
They criticized Oregon's law requiring them to pay fees based on the packaging they use to distribute products like beverages, building supplies, and medical supplies to other businesses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
Those fees help pay for standardizing Oregon's recycling standards and expanding recycling services to more communities.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
A judge has sided with Oregon's new statewide recycling system in a lawsuit brought by distributors.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
The National Association of Wholesaler Distributors sued state officials in 2025.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
They criticized Oregon's law requiring them to pay fees based on the packaging they use to distribute products like beverages, building supplies, and medical supplies to other businesses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
Those fees help pay for standardizing Oregon's recycling standards and expanding recycling services to more communities.
Terry HylandHOST
And that court recently upheld the state's Recycling Modernization Act, and it's included extended producer responsibility requirements.
Terry HylandHOST
The court rejected the claims that were put forward by the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors, or NAW.
Terry HylandHOST
The NAW had argued that Oregon's law was unconstitutional.
Terry HylandHOST
Now, in rejecting those claims, the court leaned on an idea put forward nearly a century ago by the late Justice Louis Brandeis, who said that states are meant to be, quote, laboratories of democracy and able to test out new policies and laws without risk to the rest of the country.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
A judge has sided with Oregon's new statewide recycling system in a lawsuit brought by distributors.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
The National Association of Wholesaler Distributors sued state officials in 2025.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
They criticized Oregon's law requiring them to pay fees based on the packaging they use to distribute products like beverages, building supplies, and medical supplies to other businesses.
Beowulf RocklinHOST
Those fees help pay for standardizing Oregon's recycling standards and expanding recycling services to more communities.
Kevin BrownHOST
You know, kind of interesting thought about the world that we work within and live within in the B2B world is that this is the stuff that's driving every B2B is driving every, you know, you think about it.
Kevin BrownHOST
We had Dan Schubert from National Association of Wholesalers and Distributors on last week with us on the celebration show.
Kevin BrownHOST
Their calculations are distribution contributes $8.4 trillion to the U.S. economy, which is nearly one third of U.S. GDP.
Kevin BrownHOST
So talk about Bob's talk about need here, right? If you want to have a water glass at the restaurant, you're going to go to with your spouse tonight, or you want to have, um, you know, some safety equipment to keep you safe, uh, working in your yard or whatever it might be, or it's your business.