( April 20, 2026, 10:05 AM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — The federal judge in South Carolina presiding over the multidistrict litigation for claims related to the firefighting agent aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) has denied a motion to remand a lawsuit filed by Wausau, Wis., against paper mills and other industrial facilities for alleged contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances XE "per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances" (PFAS), ruling that the city’s motion “completely ignores the logic” of the transfer order issued by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL or JPML)....