Bayer Reaches $2 Billion Deal Over Future Roundup Cancer Claims
The German pharmaceutical giant hopes to resolve any future legal troubles it may inherit by purchasing Roundup manufacturer Monsanto.
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DNA Damage Found in Keystone Species Exposed to Roundup
The smallest changes in our ecosystem might go unnoticed but can still create significant consequences for the food chain. Ask the lowly water flea, which suffers significant DNA damage from even small amounts of the weed killer glyphosate over a long period of time.
Read moreHome Depot & Roundup
A federal judge partially granted Home Depot’s request to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the home improvement giant fails to warn its customers about the cancer risks of the herbicide Roundup, giving the plaintiff until Oct. 2 to file a final effort to make their case.
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Judge Debates Restarting Roundup Cancer Litigation Amid Settlement ‘Hiccup’
A federal judge may restart litigation over claims that Roundup causes cancer after attorneys representing nearly 2,200 plaintiffs said Bayer-owned Monsanto reneged on a deal to settle their cases.
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Black Farmers Go to Court to Stop Sale of Roundup
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims Monsanto plotted to force America’s black farmers into buying Roundup-resistant seeds, which forced them to rely on heavier and heavier concentrations of the herbicide to the detriment of their health.
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Roundup Cancer Trial Verdict Upheld, but Damages Slashed
A California appellate court upheld a jury verdict finding popular weed killer Roundup caused a San Francisco Bay Area man’s lymphoma but slashed the amount its manufacturer will have to pay in damages to $20.4 million.
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Judge Balks at Part of $10B Roundup Cancer Suit Settlement Deal
Chemical giant Bayer said it will reconsider a plan to resolve future litigation related to the toxicity of the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, after a federal judge expressed concerns about the “propriety and fairness” of a portion of the proposed $10 billion settlement.
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Bayer Reaches $10 Billion Settlement in Roundup Cancer Suits
BayerAG will pay $10 billion to resolve a raft of litigation over its herbicides, including claims that its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer.
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Judge Halts California Bid for Cancer Warning on Roundup
A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the state of California from requiring Monsanto and other chemical companies to put cancer warning labels on the glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup.
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$289 Million Roundup Jury Verdict Takes Center Stage on Appeal
Three appellate justices seem disinclined to overturn a jury verdict that found the popular weed killer Roundup caused a Bay Area man’s lymphoma, but one questioned whether a prodigious damages award against the manufacturer should stand.
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Bayer Settles a Roundup Case for $40 Million
German chemicals and pharmaceutical giant Bayer has settled a court case involving its weed-killer Roundup, a flagship product of its U.S. subsidiary Monsanto, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Monsanto Says Its ‘Watch Lists’ Are Not Illegal Surveillance
Lawyers hired by German chemical giant Bayer found no illegal activity in “watch lists” of hundreds of pro- and anti-pesticide figures kept by its subsidiary Monsanto, the firm said Thursday.
Read moreJudge Slashes Couple’s Award in Roundup Cancer Case
Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Livermore couple who attributed their cancer diagnoses to years of Roundup use, will see only a fraction of the $2 billion in punitive damages a jury awarded them in May. A state trial judge cut their award down considerably in an order Thursday to a total of $86.7 million, which breaks down to about $30 million for Alva and $56 million for Alberta.
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Judge Leans Toward Slash of $2 Billion Roundup Cancer Verdict
A federal judge correctly predicted that $2 billion in punitive damages awarded to a Livermore couple who attributed their cancer to the weed killer Roundup would likely be drastically cut down – though by how much remains to be seen.
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Judge Slashes Punitive Damages by $50 Million in Roundup Cancer Case
Agrochemical company Monsanto “deserves to be punished” for misleading the public about the safety of its popular Roundup weed killer, a federal judge said in a ruling Monday, but drastically punitive damages awarded to a San Francisco Bay Area man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Read moreFederal Judge Denies New Roundup Trial for Monsanto
A federal judge will not overturn a jury’s verdict in favor of a Bay Area man who claimed years of using Roundup weed killer caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Read moreJudge Vows to Reduce $80 Million Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case
A San Francisco Bay Area man awarded $80 million in damages after a jury found agrochemical giant Monsanto liable for failing to warn him about the carcinogenicity of the weed killer Roundup will see that award drastically reduced, a federal judge said Tuesday.
Read moreMonsanto Wins Chance to Pick Venue for Upcoming Roundup Trials
In a win for Monsanto following more than $2 billion in cancer-trial losses in California against the company’s popular weed killer Roundup, the federal judge overseeing nationwide litigation over the product said Wednesday Monsanto can choose where upcoming cases will be tried.
Read moreJury Awards Couple $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Case
A jury of five women and seven men delivered a devastating blow to agrochemical giant Monsanto on Monday, awarding an elderly couple $1 billion after finding the company failed to warn them about the hazards of the popular weed killer Roundup.
Read moreMarried Couple Asks for $1B in Damages in Roundup Trial
In January 2015, Monsanto executive Dan Jenkins wrote an email to a number of his colleagues expressing concern about the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s upcoming review of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s popular weed killer Roundup.
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