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Paulding County considers hiring contingency counsel to pursue PFAS manufacturers tied to landfills
Summary
County staff presented an attorney-engagement agreement to retain national counsel and environmental experts on a contingency basis to pursue PFAS manufacturers, citing detections at landfills and the prospect of future federal mandates to prevent PFAS migration; commissioners asked questions and the item was discussed without a public vote recorded.
Paulding County commissioners on April 12 discussed an attorney engagement agreement that would retain Arnold & Itkin LLP and associated environmental experts on a contingency-fee basis to pursue litigation against manufacturers of PFAS chemicals detected in landfills.
Jason (county attorney) told the board that PFAS — often called "forever chemicals" and including variants such as PFOS — have been detected in landfills across the…
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