Founded, led UC Davis group that elevated industry PR efforts Dr. Ronald was the founding director of the World Food Center’s Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy (IFAL), a group launched in 2014 at UC Davis to train faculty and students to promote genetically engineered foods, crops and pesticides. The group does not fully disclose … Pamela Ronald’s Ties to Chemical Industry Front Groups
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said on Thursday that he would not rule until January on the disputed issue of bifurcation of the first federal trial, which is set to get underway in February. Attorneys for plaintiffs and for Monsanto were ordered to file all of their experts’ reports by Friday, December 21 to help … U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria Won’t Rule Until January
Monsanto/Bayer lawyers responded Friday to de-designation requests concerning several hundred internal Monsanto records, seeking to keep most of them sealed in opposition to requests from plaintiffs’ attorneys. Company lawyers did agree to the release of some internal documents, which could be made public this week. In the meantime both sides are awaiting a ruling from … Monsanto/Bayer Lawyers Respond
Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, the first plaintiff to take Monsanto to trial alleging the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer, is scheduled for surgery today to remove a new cancerous growth on one of his arms. Johnson’s health has been deteriorating since the trial’s conclusion in August and an interruption in treatment due to a temporary lapse … Plaintiff Seeks Expedited Handling of Monsanto’s Appeal as His Health Deteriorates
The law firm of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, which partnered with The Miller Firm in notching the historic victory for plaintiff Dewayne Lee Johnson over Monsanto in August, is seeking the de-designation of several hundred pages of internal Monsanto records that were obtained through discovery but have so far been kept sealed. Baum Hedlund … More Monsanto Shoes (Documents) Set to Drop
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Ioana Petrou, who has spent more than a year engaged in the Roundup cancer litigation and sat through many days of the presentation of scientific evidence by plaintiffs and defense experts in a federal court hearing in March 2017, is off the case. California Gov. Jerry Brown announced on November … New Judge Appointed in Pilliod Case
With the next trial in the mass Roundup cancer litigation set for Feb. 25 in San Francisco, attorneys for Monsanto and plaintiffs are scrambling to take more than two dozen depositions in the waning weeks of December and into January even as they debate how the trial should be organized. Monsanto attorneys on Dec. 10 … Attorneys Scramble Ahead of Next Trial
2/25/2019 – Federal Court – Hardeman3/18/2019 – CA JCCP – Pilliod (2 plaintiffs)4/1/2019 – St. Louis City Court – Hall4/22/2019 – St. Louis County Court – Gordon5/25/2019 – Federal Court – Stevick or Gebeyehou9/9/2019 – St. Louis County Court – 4 plaintiffs1/21/2020 – St. Louis City Court – 10 plaintiffs3/23/2020 – St. Louis City Court
Update: As this article was about to publish in December 2018, Hank Campbell was removed from the staff roster of the American Council on Science and Health, the organization he has led as president since July 2015, for unknown reasons. A few days later, he delinked his ring of science blogs (Science 2.0, Science Codex, … Hank Campbell’s maze of Monsanto-loving science blogs
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