March 18, 2019: Jurors Want to Hear From Plaintiff Again Today marks the beginning of the fourth week of the Hardeman V. Monsanto Roundup cancer trial, and jurors were still deliberating over the...
June 9, 2021
Key Court Hearing Wednesday in Bayer Cancer Liability Litigation
(UPDATED May 18 with pretrial order) As Bayer AG works to put an end to costly litigation over alleged connections between Roundup herbicide and cancer, the company faces a critical hearing on...
May 17, 2021
Thailand’s reversal on glyphosate ban came after Bayer scripted U.S. intervention, documents show
A year ago Thailand was set to ban the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate, a move applauded by public health advocates because of evidence the chemical causes cancer, along with other harms...
September 17, 2020
Glyphosate in chicken poop used as fertilizer is hurting food production, researchers say
Scientists brought more bad news to light regarding the widely used herbicide glyphosate, better known as Roundup, in a new research paper published this month. Researchers from the University of...
September 9, 2020
Challenge eyed to class action plan for Bayer Roundup settlement
A plan to delay any new Roundup cancer claims for years and shift the key question of whether or not the weed killer causes cancer from a jury to a hand-picked panel of scientists faces potential...
June 26, 2020
Bayer settles U.S. Roundup, dicamba and PCB litigation for more than $10 billion
In an expensive clean-up of Monsanto litigation messes, Bayer AG said Wednesday that it will pay out more than $10 billion to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims brought against Monsanto over its...
June 24, 2020
Big Ag groups argue court cannot tell EPA when to ban dicamba
The heaviest of Big Ag's heavy hitters told a federal court it should not try to stop GMO cotton and soybean farmers from using illegal dicamba weed killers through the end of July, despite the...
June 17, 2020
Six Monsanto Roundup Cancer Trials Set for January
After several months out of the headlines, lawyers for both sides of the nationwide Roundup cancer litigation are gearing up for overlapping trials in the new year as several more cancer patients...
November 26, 2019
“Serious, Deadly Injury” Cited in New Appeals Court Filing Over Roundup Cancer Claims
A California appeals court should reject efforts by Monsanto to overturn a jury verdict awarding millions of dollars to a school groundskeeper and approve $250 million in punitive damages the jury...
August 19, 2019
Up Next – Trial In Monsanto’s Hometown Set for August After $2 Billion Roundup Cancer Verdict
After three stunning courtroom losses in California, the legal battle over the safety of Monsanto’s top-selling Roundup herbicide is headed for the company’s hometown, where corporate officials...
May 17, 2019