In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss:

• The Ohio AG’s $80 million PCB settlement with Monsanto
• The Third Circuit’s decision allowing Smith & Wesson to proceed with a declaratory judgment action challenging a New Jersey AG subpoena
• The California AG’s:
  • Complaint against a hospital system alleging state False Claims Act violations for failing to disclose unclaimed property
  • Announcement of his consumer protection enforcement priorities
  • Amicus brief in the Supreme Court arguing that private attorney general actions cannot be contracted away through arbitration provisions
• The Vermont AG’s settlement with a medical office relating to the office’s debt collection practices
• The New York AG’s:
  • $6.9 million settlement of False Claims Act and Wage Parity Act violations with two home health agencies
  • $2.6 million settlement of False Advertising Claims with an online travel agency
  • $2.15 million settlement with an energy services company over deceptive business practices

Ohio AG Enters $80 Million Settlement With Monsanto Over PCB Claims

Ohio AG Dave Yost announced an $80 million settlement resolving a 2018 lawsuit alleging that Monsanto and two of its subsidiaries were liable for contaminating Ohio’s soil and waterways with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The AG alleged that Monsanto continued to market PCBs despite allegedly being aware since the 1930s that PCBs were toxic and that Monsanto concealed information regarding the risks...

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