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U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

By Tina Bellon, GFM Network News January 29, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing in San Francisco federal court called his decision “probably most disappointing for Monsanto,” the Bayer […] Read more

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann, shown here May 25 at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Bonn, is reportedly under pressure to boost the company’s share price. (File photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)

Livestock, Reuters

Bayer to shed animal health division, others after Monsanto deal

By Ludwig Burger, GFM Network News November 29, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, the German drugmaker that bought U.S. seed company Monsanto, announced on Thursday the sale of its animal health business and a number of others, around 12,000 job cuts and 3.3 billion euros (C$4.98 billion) in impairments. CEO Werner Baumann is under pressure to boost Bayer’s share price after a drop […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. judge selects first case in federal glyphosate litigation

By Tina Bellon, GFM Network News November 20, 2018

Reuters — A U.S. judge overseeing the federal litigation against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over glyphosate-based herbicides allegedly causing cancer on Tuesday selected the first case to be tried in federal court in February 2019. U.S. District Judge Vince Chaabria in San Francisco in an order said the case of California resident Edwin Hardeman will be […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. judge orders next glyphosate cancer trial for March

By Tina Bellon, GFM Network News November 16, 2018

Reuters — A California judge on Thursday granted an expedited trial for March in the case of a couple suffering from cancer who sued Bayer’s Monsanto unit, alleging the company’s glyphosate-containing herbicide Roundup caused their disease. The order by Superior Court Judge Ioana Petrou in Oakland, Calif. comes on the heels of a $289 million […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

By Ludwig Burger, GFM Network News August 13, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 per cent on Monday, losing about US$14 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay US$289 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer. After the verdict […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

By Tina Bellon, GFM Network News July 10, 2018

Reuters — Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that blame the company’s glyphosate herbicide for the disease. The decision by U.S. District Judge Vince […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Brazil judge orders Monsanto to deposit royalties related to GMO seed

By Ana Mano July 4, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A Brazilian judge has ordered local units of Monsanto to put royalties related to a GMO soy seed technology in an escrow account, in a decision likely to hinder the U.S. seed company’s ability to collect royalties from the business. The July 3 ruling relates to a patent dispute between […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

By Tom Polansek February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland has settled a lawsuit with Syngenta over the seed company’s launch of a biotech corn strain that roiled grain exports to China, according to regulatory documents filed on Friday. ADM sued Syngenta four years ago for selling the corn variety known as Agrisure Viptera or […] Read more

BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

Crops, Reuters

Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas’ dicamba ban

By Tom Polansek February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — An Arkansas judge on Friday dismissed a Monsanto lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a herbicide the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically engineered seeds. Monsanto, which is being acquired by Bayer, filed the lawsuit last year in a bid […] Read more

The Port of Churchill in 2015. (CNS Canada photo by Jade Markus)

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Ottawa threatens suit for Hudson Bay rail line repairs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 13, 2017

The federal government says the owner of the Hudson Bay Railway has 30 days to get the washed-out line repaired and running or will face a lawsuit for breach of contract. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, the MP for the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg South Centre, said in a statement Friday that U.S. rail operator […] Read more

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U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

Bayer to shed animal health division, others after Monsanto deal

U.S. judge selects first case in federal glyphosate litigation

U.S. judge orders next glyphosate cancer trial for March

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

Brazil judge orders Monsanto to deposit royalties related to GMO seed

ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas’ dicamba ban

Ottawa threatens suit for Hudson Bay rail line repairs

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