Roundup Plaintiffs, Bayer in Talks to Settle Claims For $10 Billion January 24, 2020 By Jef Feeley In an effort to settle tens of thousands of claims that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, lawyers for some...
Sources Say Top Shareholder Won’t Back Bayer Management in AGM Vote April 23, 2019 By Simon Jessop and Ludwig Burger About 30 billion euros ($34 billion) has been wiped off the pesticides and drugs firm’s market value since August, when...
Bayer Loses First Round in Legal Battle over Claim that Roundup Caused Cancer March 20, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG lost the first phase of a trial over claims its Roundup weed killer causes cancer and now moves...
Bayer Faces Looming Questions on Roundup’s Long-Term Risks November 8, 2018 By Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany By now, many consumers have heard of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide known as Roundup, and warnings about...
Long Legal Battle Expected in Monsanto Weed Killer Cases October 26, 2018 By PAUL ELIAS With its stock dropping and more lawsuits expected, Monsanto vowed Tuesday to press on with a nationwide legal defense of...
Jurors Don’t Want $289M Weed Killer Cancer Verdict Thrown Out October 19, 2018 Jurors who found that agribusiness giant Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer contributed to a school groundskeeper’s cancer are urging a San...
Jury Awards $289M to Man Who Claims Roundup Weed Killer Caused Cancer August 13, 2018 By PAUL ELIAS A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying...
Monsanto Faces Man Dying of Cancer in Roundup Trial June 25, 2018 By Joel Rosenblatt Lee Johnson’s doctors didn’t think he’d live long enough to testify in court that exposure to Monsanto Co.’s Roundup weed...