July 18, 2023
Three New York towns on Monday told a federal court it should reject a proposed $12.5 billion settlement between 3M and a group of public water utilities because the deal excludes municipalities that have paid for cleaning up forever chemical-contaminated Superfund sites.
July 12, 2023
This year has already brought several landmark environmental rulings, from the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions narrowing the scope of the Clean Water Act and allowing a California animal care law to survive to important settlements by major companies accused of wrongdoing in "forever chemicals" litigation. Here are some of the biggest environmental law decisions so far in 2023.
July 11, 2023
A recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion that expanded states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies, billions of dollars in settlements over so-called "forever" chemicals, and a verdict over Tesla's autopilot technology are among the top product liability cases so far in 2023.
June 23, 2023
Ruling from the bench Friday, a federal judge determined an insurance benefits dispute must remain in Connecticut despite its connection to multidistrict litigation over aqueous film-forming foam in North Carolina and a parallel legal battle between the insurer and the insured in Texas.
June 22, 2023
Attorneys representing public water systems on Thursday announced that a $12.5 billion deal has been reached with 3M to end claims over contamination from so-called forever chemicals in firefighting foam, in what they say is the largest settlement over drinking water in U.S. history.
June 05, 2023
A South Carolina federal judge on Monday halted a Florida city's imminent bellwether trial against 3M over water contamination from so-called forever chemicals after the parties predicted a major settlement in the "near future."
June 02, 2023
Chemical companies DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva have struck a deal worth more than $1.1 billion with water companies around the U.S. over drinking water polluted by so-called forever chemicals, according to the plaintiffs' attorneys in multidistrict litigation.
January 05, 2023
A water district that serves tens of thousands of customers in California's San Francisco Bay region has joined sprawling multidistrict litigation against 3M, DuPont and other companies alleging decades of exposure to products containing toxic "forever chemicals," including firefighting foam, contaminated its drinking water system.
January 02, 2023
The coming year is set to bring trials in high-profile corruption and kickback prosecutions, first bellwethers for two notable multidistrict cases, and an airing of securities fraud claims over Elon Musk's Tesla tweets, among others.
September 16, 2022
The South Carolina federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over claims that firefighting foam contaminated groundwater said Friday that 3M knowingly withheld information about the risks associated with so-called forever chemicals for decades, denying its bid for a government immunity defense.