Bayer Asks Judge to Overrule $2 Billion Monsanto Roundup Verdict June 19, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG has asked a California judge to overrule a $2 billion verdict by jurors who found the company’s glyphosate-based...
Feinberg Named Mediator for Bayer Roundup Liability Settlement May 23, 2019 By Tina Bellon A U.S. judge on Wednesday appointed prominent attorney Kenneth Feinberg as mediator for court-mandated settlement talks in the federal litigation...
$2 Billion Verdict Far From End of Roundup Litigation Challenges for Bayer May 15, 2019 Bayer shares continued to fall on Tuesday after a California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion in damages...
Weed Killer Chemical Glyphosate Is Not a Cancer Agent, Says EPA, Contradicting Juries May 1, 2019 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a...
Bayer Seeks Dismissal of $78M Roundup Glyphosate Verdict or New Trial April 25, 2019 By Brendan Pierson Bayer AG on Wednesday asked a California appellate court to throw out a $78 million judgment it was ordered to...
French Court Rules Bayer’s Monsanto Weedkiller Liable for Farmer’s Health Problems April 11, 2019 By Gus Trompiz and Catherine Lagrange A French appeals court ruled on Thursday that Bayer’s Monsanto business was liable for the health problems of a farmer...
Bayer Must Pay $80 Million in Monsanto Roundup Cancer Trial, Says Jury March 27, 2019 By Alexandria Sage and Tina Bellon A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded $80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed...
Analysis: Jury Upends Bayer’s Roundup Defense Strategy March 22, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG had hoped a new trial strategy focusing jurors on scientific evidence could stem a burgeoning tide of U.S....
Why Science Can’t Prove Roundup Weed Killer Causes Cancer: Viewpoint March 22, 2019 By Faye Flam Scientists can’t, for the most part, prove that a given product caused a particular person to get cancer – not...
Roundup Weed Killer, Not Hepatitis, Caused Plaintiff’s Cancer, Argues Lawyer March 13, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A lawyer representing a man who claims Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer urged jurors to imagine the...