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The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Bayer

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Bayer gets the litigation relief it was looking for in the Monsanto Roundup case.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Monsanto in its ongoing effort to contain its vast and growing litigation exposure stemming from its best-selling product, Roundup—the most popular weed killer in the world.  In a decision by Justice Kavanaugh (joined by six other justices), the Court held that FIFRA expressly preempts the state law …

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Roundup at the Supreme Court

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Bayer and its allies in the Trump Administration got their day in court.

Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Monsanto v. Durnell.  As discussed in a previous blog post, the broader context of the case is significant even though the question before the Court was a narrow one: “Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the …

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