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Florida Business Community: Water Issues to Watch in 2019

By Gregory M. Munson, Luna E. Phillips and Deborah Madden | March 27, 2019

The water-related issues are many, and it is important for Florida's businesses to be aware of these developments in 2019 as the changes are being implemented and as public comment periods open.

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Litigation Daily

SF Jury Asked to 'Send a Message' to Monsanto in First MDL Trial Over Roundup

By Ross Todd | March 26, 2019

Lawyers on opposite sides of a lawsuit claiming that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer took turns calling each other's take on the case "offensive" during closing arguments Tuesday morning in San Francisco federal court.

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The Recorder

Jury Asked to 'Send a Message' to Monsanto in First MDL Trial Over Roundup

By Ross Todd | March 26, 2019

Lawyers on opposite sides of a lawsuit claiming that Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer took turns calling each other's take on the case "offensive" during closing arguments Tuesday morning in San Francisco federal court.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Patent Litigation in the Cannabis Industry—2 Cases to Review

By Gretchen L. Temeles | March 25, 2019

Law students are taught that one purpose served by the civil legal system is to provide predictability in business. For the cannabis industry, predictability remains a work in progress in view of conflicting federal and state laws and regulations.

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The Recorder

Plaintiff Claims Monsanto 'Influenced and Manipulated' Science as Roundup Bellwether Shifts to Liability

By Ross Todd | March 20, 2019

Monsanto's lawyer argued in openings for the liability and damages phase of the trial that plaintiffs were cherry-picking Monsanto's statements and that no regulator had found that Roundup caused cancer during the time plaintiff Edwin Hardeman was using the weedkiller.

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Litigation Daily

SF Federal Jury Finds Roundup Was 'Substantial Factor' in California Man's Cancer

By Ross Todd | March 19, 2019

Tuesday's verdict is a significant blow to Monsanto parent company Bayer AG, which last year was hit with a $289 million verdict in San Francisco Superior Court in a Roundup case outside the MDL proceedings.

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National Law Journal

Federal Jury Finds Roundup Was 'Substantial Factor' in Man's Cancer

By Ross Todd | March 19, 2019

Tuesday's verdict is a significant blow to Monsanto parent company Bayer AG, which last year was hit with a $289 million verdict in San Francisco Superior Court in a Roundup case outside the MDL proceedings.

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The Recorder

Federal Jury Finds Roundup Was 'Substantial Factor' in California Man's Cancer

By Ross Todd | March 19, 2019

Tuesday's verdict is a significant blow to Monsanto parent company Bayer AG, which last year was hit with a $289 million verdict in San Francisco Superior Court in a Roundup case outside the MDL proceedings.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. EQB Petitioned to Implement Cap-and-Trade Regulation for Greenhouse Gases

By Jean M. Mosites and Varun Shekhar | March 14, 2019

On Feb. 28, Clean Air Council and Widener Commonwealth Law School Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, among others, resubmitted a petition to the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board.

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Law.com

Critical Mass: Congress Eyes FDA Regulation of Talc Products. Plus, SF Jury Mulls Case Over Weedkiller

By Amanda Bronstad | March 13, 2019

Johnson & Johnson executives did not appear before the subcommittee looking into the alleged link between talc products and cancer, but the company was an obvious focus of the hearing

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