Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. This week: Bayer moved to wipe out a $2 billion Roundup […]
Monsanto Petitions SCOTUS Again to Resolve Roundup Lawsuits
Monsanto petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a critical defense that could wipe out thousands of lawsuits over Roundup: whether federal law preempts claims that it […]
Roundup Judge Orders Distribution of $24M Common Benefit Fees
A federal judge who once decried the Roundup multidistrict litigation lead counsel’s request for common benefit fees as an “example of MDLs gone wild” has ordered the distribution […]
Roundup Special Master’s Report Recommends Lead Counsel Get $0 in Common Benefit Fees
A special master in the Roundup multidistrict litigation recommended returning an estimated $24.4 million in common benefit fees that were allocated for lead counsel, who called the report […]
Division Over Monsanto’s Preemption Defense Deepens as Mass. Court Tosses Roundup Claims
A Massachusetts state court ruling marks another victory for Monsanto on a legal issue that has divided courts across the national Roundup litigation. Justice Salim Rodriguez Tabit of the Essex […]
Phila. Judge Slashes $1.8B Off of $2.25B Roundup Verdict
Phila. Judge Slashes $1.8B Off of $2.25B Roundup Verdict | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/06/05/phila-judge-slashes-1-8b-off-of-2-25b-roundup-verdict/ Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge Susan Schulman. Courtesy photo NEWS The plaintiff’s […]