Published by Mother Jones By Tom Philpott AUGUST 24, 2018 6:00 AM From dicamba drama to crop-chomping caterpillars. Seed and pesticide titan Monsanto continues its slow shuffle off the global stage and into the maw of Bayer, its new parent company. This week, a “Bayer: Crop Science Division” sign replaced the old...
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Holly Yan By Holly Yan, CNN Updated 9:28 PM ET, Sat August 11, 2018 San Francisco jurors just ruled that Roundup, the most popular weedkiller in the world, gave a former school groundskeeper terminal cancer. So they awarded him $289 million in damages --...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION BADER FARMS, INC. and BILL BADER, Plaintiffs v. MONSANTO CO. and BASF CORP., Defendants. Case No. 1:16-CV-299-SNLJ MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs bring this action against Monsanto Company (a company that sells crop seed and herbicide) and BASF Corporation (a company that...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION IN RE: DICAMBA HERBICIDES LITIGATION MDL No. 2820 SNLJ | ALL CASES ORDER APPOINTING PLAINTIFFS’ LEADERSHIP COUNSEL Plaintiffs propose two leadership structures. The first is the Downing Group, which has the support of counsel who represent 135 of the 136...
Dicamba Drift Lawsuit - Since the approval of Dicamba use in South Dakota in 2017, the number of complaints to the Department of Agriculture have continued to flood in. According to a recent report by Angela Kennecke of Keloland Media, "the number of complaints coming...
Dicamba Lawsuits | Consolidated Litigation Dicamba Lawsuits - Today the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) consolidated the Xtend-dicamba litigation cases against Monsanto, BASF and DuPont in St. Louis. In so doing, the JPML found the actions shared factual questions arising from “the development, testing, and marketing...
Dicamba Lawsuit | Dicamba Damage Lawyers Dicamba Lawsuit - Attorney Paul Lesko of Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane continues to push forward on the fight against the manufacturers of the herbicide dicamba. Fighting on behalf of farmers across the country, the complaints allege that Monsanto, BASF, and DuPont...
Dicamba Attorneys | Dicamba Lawyers| Dicamba Lawsuit Dicamba Attorneys - Arkansas Moves to Ban Monsanto’s Blockbuster Herbicide Defying a lawsuit from the seed and pesticide giant, Arkansas put its foot down. Dicamba Attorneys - According to a recent article entitled Arkansas Moves to Ban Monsanto’s Blockbuster Herbicide by Tom...
Dicamba Lawyers | Dicamba Attorneys | Dicamba Lawsuit Dicamba Lawyers - MN SOYBEAN TASK FORCE SUGGESTS A TEMPERATURE CUTOFF FOR DICAMBA Dicamba Lawyers - According to a news article recently published by Chuck Abbot, "State officials should set a cutoff date for spraying dicamba on genetically engineered...
Dicamba Lawsuit | Smokey Alley Farm v. Monsanto, BASF & DuPont Dicamba Lawsuit Today, Paul Lesko and Brandon Wise from Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane and Arkansas co-counsel Paul James and Mike Smith filed an amended complaint in the Smokey Alley Farm action against Monsanto, BASF and DuPont. This...