Attorney General Todd Rokita today led a bipartisan coalition of 16 states and territories in a lawsuit against Indiana-based EIDP, Inc., the chemical company historically known as DuPont; its parent, Corteva; and a newly created entity, Vylor. The suit seeks to unwind a coordinated transfer that moved DuPont’s most valuable business assets into Vylor and left the PFAS liabilities behind, out of reach of the states and other plaintiffs.
On October 1, 2026, DuPont and Corteva transferred the Pioneer seeds business — a major corn and soybean operation — to Vylor. That business was about three-quarters of the value still in the companies. The transfer sends it out of reach of the states and other PFAS plaintiffs, and it was structured so Vylor took the assets and none of the liabilities. Those stayed with DuPont, which kept the lawsuits and gave away most of what plaintiffs could have reached if they win a judgment.
The states are asking a Marion County court for a temporary restraining order freezing the assets. The proposed order would stop DuPont and Corteva from using remaining funds for dividends and stock buybacks and stop Vylor from selling or pledging the seeds assets it just received.
“Many families have been hurt, and are still being hurt, by these micro chemicals that several companies knew were dangerous, and we will not sit by and let them game the system by moving their most valuable assets out of reach and leaving the PFAS liabilities they created behind,” Attorney General Rokita said. “They spent years setting up this transfer to avoid paying for actions that have harmed so many, and this lawsuit is how we stop them from getting away with it.”
Attorney General Rokita is already in court with these companies. In April 2024, his office sued 22 PFAS manufacturers — including DuPont, EIDP, Corteva, Chemours, and 3M — in Shelby County, alleging they kept selling these chemicals after they knew the risks and hid that knowledge from the public.
That case rests on a long record. For decades, DuPont concealed from state regulators, the public, and consumers its growing knowledge of the risks these chemicals posed to human health and the environment, failed to warn, and hid the dangerous nature of the products. Thousands of firefighters and others have made the same claim: DuPont knew or should have known the dangers when it made or sold products containing PFAS. Earlier restructurings, including the Chemours spinoff, already moved value away from those liabilities and were designed to shield assets from judgment. The Vylor transaction continues that pattern, and it is aimed at creditors already in court — including Indiana.
If the transfer stands, state taxpayers will be left with the bill: tens of billions of dollars to remove PFAS from drinking water, clean up sources, and compensate the public for the costs and impacts of that chemistry.
Read the complaint here and the TRO here.
The TRO hearing is set for October 2, 2026, at 9 a.m. ET.