April 23, 2024
A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday signed off on attorney fees totaling more than $956 million in settlements with 3M and DuPont over so-called forever chemicals in firefighting foam that contaminated drinking water, saying that another group of lawyers may not have been able to reach the same outcome.
December 21, 2023
From a Supreme Court decision reshaping water rights in the United States to ongoing fights over so-called forever chemical contamination, lawsuits concerning the environment rumbled through the courts in 2023. Here, we look at the lawsuits that shaped the year.
August 29, 2023
Public water systems in the U.S. would not be responsible for future damages related to toxic contamination from so-called forever chemicals manufactured by 3M under a revised $12.5 billion settlement agreement negotiated with almost two dozen state attorneys general and granted preliminary approval by a South Carolina federal judge Tuesday.