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Roundup MDL Lead Counsel Defend Fee Allocations: 'Limited Funds Available'

The fee committee, which is comprised of the three lead plaintiffs' firms in the Roundup multidistrict litigation, allocated 81% to themselves, but three firms objected to their allocations.
5 minute read

Law.com

Roundup Trials in Four States? Monsanto Could Face Four Trials This Month

Roundup trials are scheduled to start in the coming week in California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas. A fourth trial began earlier this month in Delaware.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Wisner Baum Roiled After Roundup MDL Leadership Firms Seek 81% of Fees

At least five plaintiffs' firms, including Wisner Baum, which won verdicts of $289 million and $2 billion in 2018 and 2019, are objecting to the allocation of common benefit fees in the Roundup multidistrict litigation.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Monsanto Claims Dozens of Bad Rulings Led to $2.25B Roundup Verdict

More than half of Monsanto's 175-page motion revolved around claims that Schulman made dozens of erroneous rulings, many of which related to what evidence was and was not permitted at trial.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bayer's Monsanto Loses Federal Preemption Appeal Over Roundup—Again

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the EPA's registration of Roundup did not carry the "force of law" that preempted Georgia plaintiff John Carson's claims.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey: A New Venue for Monsanto Roundup Trials?

Motley Rice's Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases, all of which were filed in New Jersey state courts since Dec. 18, 2023.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule Draws Concern From Left-Leaning Senators

The SEC's regulation should "not burden small businesses in a public company's supply chain," Sens. Jon Tester and Krysten Sinema told the agency.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

CLM Provider Evisort Launches Document X-Ray, a Gen AI Custom Model Builder

Evisort's Document X-Ray turns users' natural language questions about their contracts into custom, artificial intelligence models that can automatically populate data fields for any agreements.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila.'s Third Roundup Trial Kicks Off With Team Behind $175M Verdict at the Helm

"If they can enrage you and inflame you and make you mad, you won't care," Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Michael Brown said.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Roundup Plaintiffs Win Streak Ends: California Jury Sides With Monsanto

A jury in San Benito County Superior Court rendered a defense verdict on Dec. 22 in the latest Roundup trial, ending a streak of five plaintiffs' awards totaling more than $2 billion.
3 minute read

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