FAQ on the 3M Settlements from Attorney General Lori Swanson

Introduction.

After seven years of intense litigation—involving the production of over 27,000,000 pages of documents, the taking of almost 200 witness depositions, over $10 million dollars in tests, fees and costs, over 100 judicial hearings and conferences, over 1,600 court filings, and a final non-stop negotiating session lasting 22 hours, our 3M lawsuit involving the discharge of perfluorochemicals (PFCs) is finally resolved.   By the end of the case, over 75 lawyers from eight law firms had been involved with various aspects of the matter, which included several appeals to the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court and one lawsuit against one of the law firms.  Continue reading “FAQ on the 3M Settlements from Attorney General Lori Swanson”

Minnesota attorney general sues Trump administration over cuts in federal health funds

The following article by Glenn Howatt was posted on the StarTribune website January 26, 2018:

State is concerned about long-term federal funding for MinnesotaCare.

Credit: Glen Stubbe

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has sued the Trump administration to stop a recent decision to terminate $130 million in annual payments that fund subsidized health insurance for working Minnesotans.

The cut, which has not been widely reported, is the second hit to the federal funding streams for MinnesotaCare, which serves 87,000 low-income residents. Continue reading “Minnesota attorney general sues Trump administration over cuts in federal health funds”