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New Jersey Newest to List of States to File PFAS-Related Lawsuits

New Jersey’s Attorney General has sued Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC following the company’s alleged refusal to investigate and clean up PFAS contamination in the state. New Jersey separately sued Honeywell International Inc., who claims it is working with regulators to remediate its site in Edgewater, New Jersey. The state seeks declaratory and injunctive relief,…

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Southern California Water Agency Sues Over Alleged PFAS Contamination

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency in Southern California filed suit against multiple companies—including Raytheon Technologies, Chemours, DuPont, and 3M—for alleged contributions of PFAS to the area water supply. Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency’s suit has been added to a growing list of public water providers’ claims consolidated in the South Carolina MDL. October 28,…

3M Investors Oppose the Company’s Third Circuit Petition to Move Suit to Minnesota

3M investors, who filed suit against the company in December 2019 over its alleged PFAS-related liabilities, are now urging the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to keep their suit in New Jersey. The plaintiff-investors contend that the case was “commenced in New Jersey by a New Jersey pension fund serving New Jersey beneficiaries” and, as…

North Carolina Attorney General Files Suit over State’s PFAS Contamination

Shortly after a North Carolina Superior Court approved an Addendum to a Consent Order with Chemours for PFAS clean-up, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed suit in state court against DuPont and Chemours for contamination related to the companies’ manufacture of C8 and GenX at their Fayetteville Works facility. The lawsuit seeks damages for…

North Carolina DEQ Seeks Further PFAS Remediation by Chemours

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has asked the Bladen County Superior Court to enter an addendum to its Consent Order with Chemours, which relates to the PFAS contamination resulting from the company’s Fayetteville Works Plant operations. The addendum would require Chemours to conduct extensive, further remedial work to reduce PFAS groundwater contamination along…