Sunday, February 25, 2018

3M settles case filed by state of Minnesota

3M has agreed to pay $850 million to settle a long-standing lawsuit filed by Minnesota, over the company’s disposal of perfluorochemicals used in Scotchgard and other products, which the state says polluted drinking water sources.  Go here for more details.

Why is this relevant?  Because this was the case in which the law firm Covington & Burling was disqualified for allegedly violating the "hot potato doctrine."  Go herehere, here and here for my original posts on the case.  The disqualification order was later remanded for further proceedings.

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