By Amanda Bronstad | September 2, 2020
Bayer's $10.9 billion in settlements over Roundup might not pan out—could that mean more trials?
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2020
The petitions, filed by Bayer, which owns Monsanto, and lawyers for Dewayne "Lee" Johnson, who won a $289 million verdict in 2018, are the first before the California Supreme Court from among three Roundup cases that have gone to trial.
By Ross Todd | August 28, 2020
Three plaintiffs lawyers driving the deal—Fidelma Fitzpatrick of Motley Rice, Edward Wallace of Wexler Wallace, and Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs—say the judge overseeing the coordinated state court cases in California kept them moving forward even as pandemic closures pushed off scheduled trial dates this spring.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 27, 2020
Two months after Bayer agreed to resolve thousands of lawsuits brought over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, lawyers told a federal judge Thursday that most of the settlements have unraveled. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who oversees the Roundup MDL, gave lawyers until Sept. 24 but said he might lift a stay on litigation and set cases for trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 27, 2020
"What I am concerned about is that Monsanto may be manipulating this litigation process to its advantage somehow," said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who oversees the Roundup MDL. He gave lawyers until Sept. 24 but said he might lift a stay on litigation and set cases for trial.
By Ross Todd | August 27, 2020
Birnbaum, dubbed the "Queen of Toxic Torts" because of her standing in the defense bar, says government lawyers are using the power of the press conference to help shape public opinion on the sorts of cases she handles
By Amanda Bronstad | August 26, 2020
The suit's filing comes one day before a hearing in San Francisco federal court before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is overseeing the multidistrict litigation over Roundup. Chhabria has asked lawyers to explain why they have not dismissed lawsuits after reaching the settlements.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 26, 2020
Bayer, which owns Monsanto, said it agreed in June to pay up to $10.9 billion to resolve Roundup claims "without regard to race or any other demographics." But in a new civil rights lawsuit, attorney Ben Crump said failures to warn fell more heavily on Black farmers with smaller acreage.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 26, 2020
Deal over sterilization device took shape while parties were immersed in extended trial preparation, plaintiffs' counsel says
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By Max Mitchell | August 25, 2020
In a proposed class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, two former Pittsburgh Steelers allege that the league has been improperly using race and ethnicity information to undercut their cognitive impairment claims.
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