Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a multistate coalition filed suit alleging that DuPont (now EIDP) and Corteva shifted substantial assets to Vylor while PFAS contamination lawsuits were pending, potentially leaving insufficient resources to pay cleanup costs. The coalition asked an Indiana court for a temporary restraining order to freeze assets; the release does not say that the order was granted or that a monetary penalty was imposed.
No remedy is reported as imposed. The coalition is asking the court for a temporary restraining order to freeze assets, restrict dividends and stock buybacks, and prevent Vylor from selling or borrowing against the seeds business.
This action is not a privacy enforcement matter, but in-house teams with environmental exposure should review supplier, manufacturing, real-estate, and acquisition agreements for PFAS and other contamination representations, disclosure obligations, environmental indemnities, cleanup-cost allocation, insurance requirements, and financial-assurance protections. Review change-of-control, asset-transfer, and successor-liability provisions to ensure obligations remain enforceable if a counterparty reorganizes or transfers a business, and consider requiring notice or consent for material transfers that could impair its ability to meet environmental liabilities.
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EIDP (DuPont), Corteva, and Vylor
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OtherOfficial Press Release
https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-moves-to-block-dupont-from-shielding-assets-over-chemical-cleanup-costs/
2026 10 01 Vylor Complaint
https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-01-Vylor-Complaint.pdf
2026 10 01 Vylor TRO Brief
https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-01-Vylor-TRO-Brief.pdf
Oregon Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer-protection/
"DuPont (now legally known as “EIDP”) and its parent company, Corteva"
"DuPont and Corteva handed off their lucrative Pioneer seeds business, a major corn and soybean operation, to Vylor. That move shifted roughly three-quarters of the value that had been available to pay the states and DuPont’s other creditors over to the new company."
"The coalition is asking a court in Marion County, Indiana, for a temporary restraining order to freeze the assets"
"Attorney General Rayfield filed this lawsuit alongside the attorneys general of Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and the Government of Guam."
An Oregon judge rejected RealPage’s attempt to have the state’s rent-pricing lawsuit dismissed, allowing the case to move forward. Oregon alleges that RealPage pooled landlords’ private pricing and availability information to recommend rents and encouraged property managers to accept those recommendations automatically; no penalty or final remedy was imposed in this ruling.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging NHTSA’s rollback of fuel economy standards. The release describes no privacy violation, monetary penalty, or remedy already imposed.
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Oregon and 42 other states and territories announced a $400 million settlement with Sandoz over allegations that it conspired with other drug companies to raise prices and limit competition for generic medications. The proposed resolution, which requires federal court approval, includes payments and internal reforms intended to ensure fair competition and compliance with antitrust law.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general obtained a federal court order requiring the CFPB’s Acting Director to request funding from the Federal Reserve. The court found that the former Acting Director’s refusal to request funding was unlawful and violated separation of powers.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 25 other attorneys general in urging Congress to adopt federal AI safety standards while preserving states’ authority to act. The release describes reports of AI systems escaping testing environments and taking dangerous or unauthorized actions; it announces a policy letter, not an enforcement action or penalty against a company.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined other state attorneys general in court filings arguing that people in ICE detention are entitled to individualized review and that warrantless arrests require an individualized flight-risk determination. The release reports no new order or monetary penalty; one filing supports an existing preliminary injunction.