Court Weighs eBay’s Bid To Dismiss Novel EPA Suit Over Banned Products

The online auction site eBay is urging a federal district court to dismiss EPA’s “unprecedented” enforcement suit alleging that the site sold products subject to a TSCA ban on many methylene chloride uses, as well as others restricted by air and pesticides rules, as the parties battle over whether the company can be considered a “seller” under any of those laws. “eBay does not ‘sell’ or ‘distribute’ items listed on its platform because eBay does not hold or transfer title...