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Plaintiffs Cannot Defeat Federal Removal Jurisdiction by Artful Pleading

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The allegations of a plaintiff’s complaint do not control when evaluating removal under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), and instead the court must credit the defendant’s theory of the case when...more

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Alleging Non-AFFF Claims in a Separate Action May Not Keep Those Claims in State Court

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State government plaintiffs in cases against PFAS manufacturers have adopted the strategy of filing parallel complaints in state court – one for recovery for contamination caused by PFAS in AFFF and a second for potentially...more

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State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q4 2024

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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 fourth quarter of 2024. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

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