Items Tagged with 'Monsanto'

Supreme Court justices gave little hint at oral arguments Monday how they might rule in a blockbuster pesticide case involving the scope of federal authority over pesticide labeling.

A high-stakes farm bill in Congress and major pesticide case at the Supreme Court are in focus this week as war in the Middle East continues to weigh on farmers and the overall economy.

Monsanto has a big day in court April 27, where lawyers for the indirect subsidiary of Bayer will present arguments in hopes that a favorable Supreme Court decision will make thousands of Roundup cases go away.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia are opposing Monsanto in a case before the Supreme Court involving whether federal pesticide law preempts lawsuits alleging state failure-to-warn claims.

Corn and biofuel groups are urging lawmakers not to allow “a tiny handful of mid-sized refiners to take year-round E15 hostage while demanding outlandish handouts.”

Bayer officials are hopeful a proposed settlement with plaintiffs who allege exposure to Roundup caused their non-Hodgkin lymphoma will resolve most of the remaining lawsuits facing the company.

The Supreme Court has granted a petition sought by Bayer subsidiary Monsanto to address whether federal pesticide law pre-empts state product liability law.

A paper purportedly demonstrating the safety of glyphosate that has historically been “a cornerstone in the assessment of glyphosate's safety” has been retracted, according to the co-editor of the journal in which it was published, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology.

The Trump administration is backing Bayer’s bid for Supreme Court review of whether federal law pre-empts pesticide lawsuits filed in state courts.