Bayer Dangles $5.6 Billion Olive Branch to Roundup Critics June 14, 2019 By Tim Loh and Naomi Kresge Bayer AG will pump about 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) of its research and development budget into alternatives to its...
Coffee Won’t Need Cancer Warning in California After All June 4, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson California coffee lovers can indulge their caffeine habit without worry now that the state has decided the beverage doesn’t need...
Judge Appoints Ken Feinberg Mediator for Bayer Roundup Settlement Talks 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...
Johnson & Johnson Loses $25 Million Talc Verdict in New York May 22, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare...
Bayer Bets on ‘Silver Bullet’ Defense in Roundup Litigation May 17, 2019 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed...
Bayer Shows Why Lawyers Earn More than Scientists: Viewpoint May 14, 2019 By Chris Hughes Bayer AG hoped it could rely on science to establish the safety of its Roundup weedkiller. But it has clearly...
Calif. Jury Hits Bayer with $2 Billion Award in Roundup Cancer Trial May 14, 2019 By Tina Bellon A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed...
J&J’s Talc Defense Gets Harder After Cases Kept in State Courts May 10, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal...
Bayer Jury Told $1 Billion Roundup Award Would Spur Change May 9, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt The jury in Bayer AG’s third Roundup weedkiller trial was urged by a plaintiffs’ lawyer to consider socking the company...
EPA Says Glyphosate not a Carcinogen May 1, 2019 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is...