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Inside Look at How the PFAS Trials Were Litigated


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Tuesday, December 02
  • 2:45 PM to 5:30 PM

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Gary Douglas ’87, Partner, Douglas & London will be visiting Touro Law Center to premiere the film, How to Poison a Planet, which provides and inside look into how the PFAS trial was litigated, featuring actor and actor and activist Mark Ruffalo. The film will be followed by a lively discussion and Q&A with Mr. Douglas who is a nationally renowned trial attorney & member of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame recognized around the country as a trailblazer in the field of Products, Liability, and Environmental Law. He has tried hundreds of cases and obtained billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

This event will be of great interest to students that would like to practice:

  • Environmental Law
  • Land Use
  • Product Liability

This past spring, Mr. Douglas invited students to his movie premier in NYC that focused on the first ever AFFF/PFAS trial in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, which resulted in an eve-of-trial settlement of $12.5 billion with the 3M Company on behalf of hundreds of water providers/utilities whose water has been contaminated or is threatened by the forever chemicals PFAS – the largest water contamination settlement in American jurisprudence history.


Add to Calendar 12/2/2025 2:45:00 PM 12/2/2025 5:30:00 PM America/New_York Inside Look at How the PFAS Trials Were Litigated Gary Douglas ’87, Partner, Douglas & London will be visiting Touro Law Center to premiere the film, How to Poison a Planet, which provides and inside look into how the PFAS trial was litigated, featuring actor and actor and activist Mark Ruffalo. The film will be followed by a lively discussion and Q&A with Mr. Douglas who is a nationally renowned trial attorney & member of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame recognized around the country as a trailblazer in the field of Products, Liability, and Environmental Law. He has tried hundreds of cases and obtained billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. This event will be of great interest to students that would like to practice: Environmental Law Land Use Product Liability This past spring, Mr. Douglas invited students to his movie premier in NYC that focused on the first ever AFFF/PFAS trial in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, which resulted in an eve-of-trial settlement of $12.5 billion with the 3M Company on behalf of hundreds of water providers/utilities whose water has been contaminated or is threatened by the forever chemicals PFAS – the largest water contamination settlement in American jurisprudence history.
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