Bayer’s Costs to Fight Future Roundup Lawsuits Climb November 3, 2020 By Tim Loh and Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG’s legal bills to contain the fallout over the weedkiller Roundup keep rising with costs to handle future lawsuits...
Monsanto Loses Final Appeal Over French Farmer’s Weedkiller Accident October 23, 2020 Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical...
France Clamps Down on Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate in Farming October 9, 2020 PARIS — France’s health and environment agency announced restrictions on weedkiller glyphosate in farming, but stopped short of a full...
Bayer Settles Thousands More Roundup Suits September 15, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG settled thousands more U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer after criticism that the company was failing to...
Seattle Calls $650 Million PCB Settlement a ‘Gift’ for Bayer September 4, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Seattle scoffed at the $650 million Bayer AG agreed to pay to settle class-action claims by about 2,500 cities, counties...
Bayer Appeals $20.5M Roundup Ruling to California Supreme Court September 1, 2020 Bayer AG has asked California’s Supreme Court to review a decision awarding $20.5 million to a groundskeeper who claimed the...
Bayer’s $11 Billion Roundup Deal Faces New Concerns From Judge August 28, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG’s comprehensive settlement of U.S. lawsuits over its Roundup weed killer is in jeopardy after lawyers for some consumers...
Bayer Argues Against Weed-Killer Verdict, After Its Investigator Finds Farmer Still in Business July 30, 2020 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO — Bayer AG contended in court papers that a jury verdict in favor of a Missouri peach farmer was...
Bayer to Pay Up to $10.9B to Settle Roundup Cancer Lawsuits June 25, 2020 By Ludwig Burger and Tina Bellon Bayer AG, after more than a year of talks, agreed to pay as much as $10.9 billion to settle close...
Bayer Nears Glyphosate Settlement After Lengthy Talks – Sources June 23, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Patricia Weiss Germany’s Bayer is set to reach a settlement this week with U.S. plaintiffs that claim its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer,...