In Re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation MDL 2873
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2:18-mn-02873
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Firms
- Allen Glaessner
- AltmanNewman
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker & Hostetler
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Barnwell Whaley
- Baron & Budd
- Bartkiewicz Kronick
- Bartlit Beck
- Bryan Cave
- Burr & Forman
- Campbell Conroy
- Connell Foley
- Cozen O'Connor
- Crowell & Moring
- Crueger Dickinson
- Day Pitney
- Dechert LLP
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- Douglas & London
- Duffy & Young
- Dvorak & Associates
- Edelson PC
- Freeman Mathis
- Goldberg Segalla
- Goldman Ismail
- Gordon Rees
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Graves & King
- Greenberg Traurig
- Gunster Yoakley
- Harris Beach PLLC
- Hellman Yates
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Hogan Lovells
- Howser Newman
- Jones Day
- Jones & Keller
- Kazmarek Mowrey
- Keller Rohrback
- Kelley Drye
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- King & Spalding
- Kirkland & Ellis
- K&L Gates
- Knauf Shaw
- Kopka Pinkus
- Lieff Cabraser
- Luff Law Firm
- Marten Law LLP
- Mayer Brown
- Maynard Nexsen
- Morgan Lewis
- Motley Rice
- Napoli Shkolnik
- Nelson Mullins
- Norris McLaughlin
- Orrick Herrington
- Parker Poe
- Resnick & Louis
- Rigano LLC
- Seeger Weiss
- Shook Hardy
- Sidley Austin
- Sinars Slowikowski
- Singleton Schreiber
- Sive Paget
- Smith Anderson
- Sonosky Chambers
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Taft Stettinius
- Todd & Weld
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Williams & Connolly
- Williams Mullen
- Wyche PA
Companies
- 3M Co.
- Archroma
- Association of California Water Agencies
- BASF SE
- Bayer AG
- Clariant AG
- Corteva Inc.
- DuPont de Nemours Inc.
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Johnson Controls International PLC
- Lakehaven Water & Sewer District
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Milliken & Company Inc.
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- North Texas Municipal Water District
- NSK Americas Inc.
- Phillips 66
- Raytheon Technologies Corp.
- Safety-Kleen, Inc.
- The Chemours Co.
- Veolia Environnement SA
- W. L. Gore & Associates Inc.
Government Agencies
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
- Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
- State of Maryland
- State of Tennessee
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June 11, 2024
Tyco's $750M PFAS Deal In Foam Co. MDL Gets Initial OK
A South Carolina federal judge gave his blessing Tuesday to the $750 million settlement Johnson Controls International PLC subsidiary Tyco Fire Products LP entered to resolve public water systems' federal claims that some forever chemicals they detected in their supplies came from firefighting foam it made.
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May 21, 2024
BASF Agrees To $316.5M Settlement In PFAS Foam MDL
Attorneys representing public water systems in a South Carolina multidistrict litigation over so-called forever chemicals in drinking water announced Tuesday that they've reached an agreement in principle with defendant BASF Corp., which will pay $316.5 million to resolve the claims.
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May 07, 2024
AIG Insurers Near Deal With Foam Co. Over MDL Coverage
Firefighting foam company Tyco Fire Products LP and a group of AIG insurers have reached a tentative settlement that would resolve a dispute over coverage of multidistrict litigation involving Tyco over so-called forever chemicals, according to a notice filed Tuesday in South Carolina federal court.
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April 12, 2024
Tyco Reaches $750M PFAS Deal In Foam Co. MDL
Johnson Controls International PLC subsidiary Tyco Fire Products LP on Friday agreed to pay $750 million to settle public water systems' federal claims that some "forever chemicals" they detected in their supplies came from firefighting foam it made.
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April 01, 2024
3M Gets Final OK On PFAS Deal Worth Up To $12.5B
A South Carolina federal judge on Friday gave a final nod on a settlement between 3M and about 12,000 public water systems worth up to $12.5 billion to end claims over so-called forever chemicals in firefighting foam, saying that otherwise it would take years to try the cases.
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March 18, 2024
Plaintiffs Call For Sanctions Over PFAS MDL Deal Threat
A proposed class in multidistrict litigation against DuPont and others alleging they contaminated drinking water with PFAS chemicals is urging a South Carolina federal court to sanction attorneys for a California water service, saying they violated court rules in their latest objections to a settlement.
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February 27, 2024
Defense Dept. Looks To Shake Firefighting Foam MDL Claims
The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday asked a South Carolina federal judge to free it from claims in sprawling multidistrict litigation that its use of forever chemical-containing firefighting foam contaminated drinking water near its facilities.
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February 08, 2024
$1B DuPont Deal Gets Final OK In Firefighting Foam MDL
A South Carolina federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to a $1.18 billion settlement involving chemical companies DuPont, Chemours and Corteva over drinking water polluted by so-called forever chemicals, dismissing objections raised by three Washington cities and the North Texas Municipal Water District, among others.
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February 01, 2024
Conn. PFAS Water Pollution Suit Escapes Multidistrict Bid
The federal multidistrict litigation panel has denied a Connecticut utility's attempt to funnel a lawsuit arising from PFAS "forever chemicals" into a broader nationwide case, concluding that the claims against Connecticut Water Co. are too different to be lumped into the MDL.
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December 21, 2023
The Biggest Environmental Law Cases Of 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.