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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.
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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

Law.com

Judge Rejects Objections, Grants Final Approval to DuPont's $1.185B PFAS Settlement

A federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to DuPont's $1.185 billion settlement with an estimated 14,000 public water providers across the country.
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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.
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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.
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Law.com

'I Was Always Frustrated': Talc Federal Bankruptcy Judge Wants This Rule to Change

In a Jan. 10 letter, U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan of the District of New Jersey asked the Federal Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to change a rule that prohibits bankruptcy judges from appointing special masters.
6 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

New Jersey Law Journal

Talc Plaintiffs Lawyer Andy Birchfield Fights Back at Johnson & Johnson's 'Locker-Room Brawl'

Plaintiffs lawyer Andy Birchfield fired back against Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, calling its motion to disqualify him and his firm, Beasley Allen, from the talc multidistrict litigation the 'latest example in a long line of smear tactics.'
5 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

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