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State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2025

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PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties.  See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2025.  We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Prop 65 Year-End Highlights: 2024’s Key Regulatory Changes, Legal Battles, and Enforcement Trends

As businesses and legal professionals strive to keep pace with California’s ever-changing regulatory environment, Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”) remains a key focal point. Known for its stringent requirements on chemical exposure...more

Cozen O'Connor

Maryland’s Lawsuit Adds to Growing Wave of PFAS Litigation

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Maryland AG Anthony Brown has filed a lawsuit against W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) alleging violations of state and federal consumer and environmental protection laws stemming from contamination caused by per- and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Are Plastics the New PFAS?

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A recent conference led by Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong discussed the alleged problems and potential solutions associated with plastics use and waste. Conference attendees included nearly two dozen...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Urge EPA to Move PFAS-T Against “Forever Chemicals”

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A group of 14 Democratic AGs submitted a letter to the EPA in support of its proposed rule listing nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds as hazardous constituents under the Resource Conservation and...more

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Ohio AG and DuPont Reach $110M Settlement Over Chemical Contamination

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On November 29, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost and Governor Mark DeWine announced a proposed $110 million settlement with Du Pont De Nemours and Co. and The Chemours Company over alleged chemical contamination from...more

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Ohio Settles with DuPont Over PFAS Liability for $110 Million

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Ohio AG Dave Yost settled with DuPont de Nemours, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company’s historic activities caused environmental damage and contamination with per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals....more

Hogan Lovells

California’s Attorney General Issues Enforcement Advisory Letter Regarding PFAS in Food Packaging

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On October 17, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta released an enforcement advisory letter, reportedly sent to 140 food packaging manufacturers, reminding manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food packaging of...more

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Michigan AG Brings PFAS Lawsuit Against the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority

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Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel has filed suit against the Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority to enforce demands by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) related to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Tennessee AG Sues More Than 20 PFAS Manufacturers

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Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti is suing more than 20 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) manufacturers, including 3M and DuPont, seeking injunctive and monetary relief under the state’s public nuisance and uniform...more

Cozen O'Connor

PFAS-t and Furious: Five More AGs Sue “Forever Chemical” Manufacturers

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, Maryland AG Anthony G. Brown, Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha, and Washington AG Bob Ferguson filed separate lawsuits against manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Is PFAS litigation the new asbestos docket? PFAS users now face increasing government enforcement actions and private lawsuits

PFAS litigation is on the rise. The catalyst is the rapidly developing patchwork of proposed municipal, state, and federal regulations seeking to find and hold accountable PFAS users. State attorneys general are taking an...more

Goldberg Segalla

PFAS ALERT: What Happens in California Won’t Likely Stay in California

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In what has been earmarked as the largest government enforcement PFAS action to date, California’s attorney general last month filed an historic lawsuit against more than a dozen per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Attorney General’s Office Files PFAS Lawsuit

The California Attorney General’s Office has turned its focus to PFAS, filing litigation that is likely to be one of the larger of the hundreds of PFAS-related lawsuits currently pending throughout the country. On November...more

King & Spalding

Attorneys General from Eighteen States and DC Co-Sign Joint Letter Urging the Passage of the Bipartisan PFAS Action Act

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The Attorneys General of eighteen states (New York, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia,...more

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PFAS/Natural Resource Damages: New Jersey Attorney General Files Cost Recovery Action Against Gloucester County Facility

The New Jersey Attorney General ("AG") on behalf of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division ("Gloucester County") against Solvay Specialty Polymers...more

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