Taft partner Robert A. Bilott was quoted in additional publications regarding yesterday’s settlement in principle announcement. On Feb. 13, DuPont publicly disclosed that it has reached a settlement in principle to resolve the C-8 personal injury, multi-district litigation now pending in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, for $670.7 million.

Recent articles:

• “DuPont settles lawsuits over Teflon-making chemical leak” CNBC
• “DuPont Settles Lawsuits Over Leak of Chemical Used to Make Teflon” The New York Times
• “DuPont settles lawsuits over Teflon-making chemical leak” Yahoo! Finance
• “DuPont, Chemours Agree to $670M Settlement in Water Pollution MDL” Delaware Weekly
• “$670.7M settlement in C8 case” The Marietta Times
• “PFOA case settled in Ohio Valley for $670 million” Times Union
• “$670M settlement reached in DuPont PFOA lawsuit” Bucks County Courier Times
• “DuPont to pay $671 million to end suits over water poisoning” New York Post
• “DuPont settles lawsuit over Teflon-making chemical leak” Fox Business
• “DuPont Reaches Proposed Settlement in Water Pollution Case” Environmental Leader
• “DuPont settles lawsuits over leak of chemical used to make Teflon” Nasdaq
• ​”DuPont, Chemours to pay $670 million over PFOA suits” Delaware Online
• “DuPont, Chemours agrees to $670.7M settlement in C8 cases” Charleston Gazette-Mail
• “DuPont reaches C8 settlement agreement for $670M” News and Sentinel
• “DuPont Offers $670M Settlement for “Teflon” Chemical Contamination of Water” WV Public Broadcasting
• “DuPont Offers $670M Settlement for “Teflon” Chemical Contamination of Water” Ohio Valley Resource
• “DuPont settles lawsuits over leak of chemical used to make Teflon” Reuters
• “DuPont settles lawsuits over leak of chemical used to make Teflon” StreetInsider.com
• “DuPont, Chemours agree to split $900M+ costs in Teflon cancer cases” Philly.com
• “$670M settlement reached in DuPont PFOA lawsuit” The Intelligencer
• ​”DuPont settles lawsuits over Teflon-making chemical leak” Hydrocarbon Processing
• “DuPont settles lawsuits over leak of chemical used to make Teflon” Channel News Asia
• “Companies agree to $670 million settlement of C8 cases” West Virginia Record
• “DuPont, Chemours settle cases” Fay Observer

Bilott, who serves as co-lead counsel for the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee handling litigation against DuPont, has been in the spotlight since The New York Times Magazine dubbed him “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” in an article published on Jan. 6, 2016.

Bilott is a member of the firm’s Environmental, Litigation and Product Liability and Personal Injury groups, where he represents a diverse range of clients on a wide variety of matters involving federal, state and local environmental laws and related litigation.