A federal magistrate judge has recommended allowing civil racketeering claims to proceed in a lawsuit over PFAS in the drinking water of a Massachusetts town. In 2022, several residents of the town filed suit asserting a federal RICO claim and other claims against various companies alleging a conspiracy to dump PFAS waste in a composting…
A New Jersey state appellate court affirmed the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) rule amendments setting maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOA and PFOS in New Jersey drinking water and groundwater. The appellants argued that the DEP failed to comply with New Jersey’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because it provided an insufficient cost…
The Michigan Court of Appeals struck down some of the country’s most stringent standards for regulating PFAS in drinking water. 3M Company had argued that the rulemaking process behind those standards was invalid because the state failed to take certain costs into account. Specifically, 3M argued that Michigan’s Administrative Procedures Act required the state to…
A class action suit alleges that a national children’s apparel company violated Illinois’ Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act by knowingly designing, manufacturing, promoting, and selling school uniforms containing PFAS. According to the complaint, recent studies have shown varying levels of PFAS in school uniforms, including those sold by the defendant. At issue are…
A New York district judge dismissed a complaint brought against the federal government by four East Hampton, New York residents seeking to halt construction of the South Fork Wind Farm and the South Fork Export Cable Project, an offshore wind facility. According to the residents, the onshore trenching caused by the South Fork Export Cable…