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Bayer to pay $2B to settle Roundup claims; Lawyers to ask for $170 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Bayer says it has reached a formal $2 billion agreement with the lawyers pushing tens of thousands of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma lawsuit. -
Monsanto fights lawsuit of healthy man who wants warning label on Roundup
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A man who sued Monsanto because it doesn’t include a may-cause-cancer warning label on Roundup weedkiller has no standing to bring suit because he has suffered no health effects, the company says. -
Bayer's Roundup fight: Success in France but paying billions to settle U.S. cases
In a graphic demonstration of the difference between the U.S. legal system and those of other countries, an appeals court in France has rejected the only pending lawsuit there claiming Bayer’s Roundup herbicide causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the common cancer that tens of thousands of Americans blame on the product. -
Bayer clears hurdle in settling Roundup cases
Bayer AG has agreed with three of the law firms leading Roundup litigation to settle thousands of lawsuits, making significant progress toward ending claims the widely used herbicide causes a common cancer. -
New Roundup litigation: Healthy customers complaining there's no warning label
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A product found by the Environmental Protection Agency to not cause cancer should still have a warning label that indicates it might, a new class action says. -
Next stop for big Roundup decision: California Supreme Court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has rejected calls from both sides to rehear its decision in a key lawsuit alleging a groundskeeper who used Roundup weed-killer developed cancer because of it. -
Roundup settlement would net plaintiffs average of $60K; Lawyers could take $3 billion in fees
ST. LOUIS - An average of more than $60,000 will be paid out to plaintiffs claiming they were harmed by the weedkiller Roundup, but it is unclear how the money will be divided up. Lawyers for plaintiffs, on the other hand, will receive between 25 and 33 percent in fees, or close to $3 billion, plus costs. -
Bayer will settle Roundup litigation for more than $10 billion
Bayer announced today that it will pay between $10.1 billion and $10.9 billion to resolve current and potential future Roundup litigation. -
May-cause-cancer label not appropriate on Roundup weedkiller, judge rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in California won't let the state impose cancer warnings on the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller, saying “providing misleading or false labels to consumers …undermines California’s interest in accurately informing its citizens of health risks.” -
Trial lawyers start search for next big mass tort, increase Zantac ads by more than 1,000%
Recent advertising figures indicate the makers of the heartburn drug Zantac and its generic equivalents will soon be facing an onslaught of lawsuits, as personal injury lawyers have begun the process of rounding up clients. -
Bayer ‘encouraged’ by support from DOJ, states in Hardeman appeal
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Bayer announced last week that at least 16 entities - including trade groups, several states and the federal government - are supporting the company's appeal of a $25 million verdict in favor of plaintiff Edwin Hardeman, who alleged Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer. -
Seeing all those Roundup commercials? That's because lawyers have spent $60M on them this year
The search for clients to file cancer lawsuits over the weed-killer Roundup has exploded – even as the EPA says the product does not cause what lawyers are alleging. -
First Monsanto herbicide cancer trial in St. Louis, due to begin next week, postponed
ST. LOUIS – A trial in St. Louis over claims that a key ingredient in an herbicide was linked to cancer in number of people is postponed. -
Bayer on reported multibillion-dollar Roundup proposal: No comment on 'rumors or speculation'
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - Bayer will not comment on "rumors and speculation," the company said following a report that it has proposed a multibillion-dollar global settlement over claims that the use of its weedkiller causes cancer. -
EPA announces plan to stop false cancer labeling and provide accurate risk info on glyphosate-active products
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its plan to stop false labeling and provide accurate risk information to consumers regarding the chemical glyphosate, most commonly known as the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. -
St. Louis trial over whether Roundup causes cancer is delayed
A St. Louis County trial over whether the popular weed-killer Roundup causes cancer has been pushed back from August to January. -
Roundup, talc cases force question: What if juries get the science wrong?
SAN FRANCISCO – On one coast, Bayer AG is fighting to reverse eye-popping jury verdicts based on a contested theory Roundup herbicide made by its Monsanto unit causes cancer. On the other, Johnson & Johnson begins hearings this week in federal court in New Jersey over its request to exclude more than 20 expert witnesses plaintiff lawyers need to prove their case that Johnson’s Baby Powder is contaminated with deadly asbestos and can cause ovarian cancer. -
Judge mulling Monsanto's claims it got unfair trial with new details: Juror hugged plaintiff in post trial hearing
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in California has been mulling Monsanto's claims that an unfair trial led to an $80 million Roundup jury verdict in March. And now, U.S. District Judge Vincent Chhabria must consider the significance of a juror who hugged a plaintiff during a recent post-trial hearing and a letter the same juror wrote him urging the verdict be upheld. -
Bayer hires outside counsel as pressure grows following jury verdicts and continuing share loss
FRANKFORT, Germany (Legal Newsline) – Chemical and agri-business conglomerate Bayer has hired outside counsel and set up a committee in response to lawsuits and its falling share price in the face of thousands of claims that a key ingredient of its Roundup weed killer causes cancer. -
Bayer urges judge to reverse verdict or order new trial in Pilliod cancer case against Monsanto
Bayer has filed multiple post-trial motions urging California Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith to reverse last month’s verdict or order a new trial in the case of Pilliod v. Monsanto.