Month: February 2021

DuPont and several related companies have committed $4 billion to cover liabilities stemming from their past use of toxic “forever chemicals” such as PFAS and PFOA. The group of companies also agreed to pay $83 million to settle multidistrict litigation in Ohio to compensate victims harmed by the chemicals.

In mid-November 2020, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a federal settlement agreement valued at $8.3 billion between Purdue Pharma and the Department of Justice (DOJ). As part of the deal, Purdue will plead guilty to 3 felony criminal counts of defrauding the United States.