Bayer’s Monsanto headache persists

The migraine that is Monsanto doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon for Bayer AG. Efforts at settling the mass of lawsuits brought in the United States by tens of thousands of people who...

October 1, 2020

Roundup cancer trials still a threat to Bayer, but settlement talks progressing

Lawyers for Monsanto owner Bayer AG and for plaintiffs suing Monsanto told a federal judge on Thursday that they were continuing to make progress in settling sweeping nationwide litigation brought by...

September 24, 2020

Bayer inks deals with three Roundup cancer law firms as settlement progresses

Bayer AG has reached final settlement terms with three major law firms representing thousands of plaintiffs who claim exposure to Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides caused them to develop...

September 15, 2020

Dying man asks California Supreme Court to restore jury award in Monsanto Roundup case

The school groundskeeper who won the first-ever trial over allegations that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer is asking the California Supreme Court to restore $250 million in punitive damages...

August 31, 2020

Appeals court denies Monsanto bid for Roundup case rehearing

A California appeals court on Tuesday rejected Monsanto's effort to trim $4 million from the amount of money it owes a California groundskeeper who is struggling to survive cancer that a jury found...

August 18, 2020

Bayer asks appeals court to again cut Roundup damage award owed to California groundskeeper with cancer

Bayer is asking a California appeals court to trim $4 million from the amount of money it owes a California groundskeeper struggling to survive cancer that a trial court found was caused by the man's...

August 5, 2020

Some U.S. Roundup plaintiffs balk at signing Bayer settlement deals; $160,000 average payout eyed

Plaintiffs in the U.S. Roundup litigation are starting to learn the details of what Bayer AG’s $10 billion settlement of cancer claims actually means for them individually, and some are not liking...

July 30, 2020

Appeals court upholds groundskeeper’s Roundup cancer trial win over Monsanto

In yet another court loss for Monsanto owner Bayer AG, an appeals court rejected the company’s effort to overturn the trial victory notched by a California school groundskeeper who alleged exposure...

July 20, 2020

Bayer backs away from plan to contain future Roundup cancer claims

Monsanto owner Bayer AG is backing away from a plan to contain future Roundup cancer claims after a federal judge made it clear he would not approve the scheme, which would delay new trials and limit...

July 8, 2020

Court frowns on Bayer’s proposed Roundup class-action settlement

A federal judge on Monday had harsh words for Bayer AG's plan to delay potential future Roundup cancer lawsuits and block jury trials, criticizing the highly unusual proposal crafted by Bayer and a...

July 6, 2020