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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

Law.com

Why Jurors Shifted on Roundup Verdicts, and What's Next for Monsanto in 2024

With nine defense verdicts in a row, Bayer was headed well into 2023 with an unstoppable record in trials over Monsanto's Roundup. Then, the momentum stopped with five verdicts totaling more than $2 billion.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Monsanto's Key Roundup Expert in Hot Seat Over 'Bad Luck' Cancer Research

Dr. Cristian Tomasetti, a general causation expert for Monsanto in numerous Roundup trials, was questioned on Tuesday at a "Daubert" hearing before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury's $3.5M Verdict Marks Fifth Consecutive Win for Roundup Plaintiffs

The verdict marks the fifth consecutive trial win for Roundup plaintiffs in the last month and a half.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Calif. Roundup Trial Kicks Off After Monsanto Loses Bid to Boot Judge

Jury selection began Monday in San Benito County Superior Court, where Monsanto attempted to remove Judge Patrick Palacios from the trial.
4 minute read

Law.com

$1.56B Roundup Verdict Was Fourth Against Bayer but First for This Plaintiffs Firm

Jay Utley and Bart Rankin, of Dallas-based Forrest Weldon Law Group, represented three plaintiffs diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Roundup trial—and their first mass tort case.
6 minute read

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