Bayer Pays $39.5 Million to Settle Roundup False-Ad Lawsuits March 31, 2020 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle allegations that its Monsanto unit ran misleading ads about the controversial...
Bayer Investor Sues Top Officials for ‘Disastrous’ Monsanto Deal March 9, 2020 By Chris Dolmetsch A Bayer AG investor sued the board and other top company officials, claiming the “disastrous” 2018 acquisition of Monsanto Co....
Bayer’s Roundup Woes May Force It to Sell Assets or Borrow February 27, 2020 By Tim Loh Bayer AG acknowledged for the first time that lawsuits related to the controversial weed killer Roundup could force it to...
Bayer’s Chairman to Leave as Company Fights Roundup Suits February 26, 2020 By Eric Pfanner and Tim Loh Bayer AG Chairman Werner Wenning will step down as the German drug and chemicals company wrestles with the growing fallout...
U.S. Peach Grower Awarded $265 M From Bayer, BASF in Weedkiller Lawsuit February 19, 2020 By Patricia Weiss A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF...
Bayer Asks California Court to Reverse $86M Roundup Cancer Verdict February 10, 2020 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found it was responsible for...
Roundup Plaintiffs, Bayer in Talks to Settle Claims For $10 Billion January 24, 2020 By Jef Feeley In an effort to settle tens of thousands of claims that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, lawyers for some...
Bayer Roundup Deal Is Close as Claims Surge, Mediator Says January 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt Bayer AG may be only weeks away from settling more than 75,000 cancer claims over its Roundup weed-killer, after a...
Bayer Roundup Mediator Is ‘Optimistic’ With Talks Heating Up January 10, 2020 By Jef Feeley Bayer AG’s settlement talks over tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer are heating up as...
Two Bayer Roundup Trials Postponed to Give Time for Talks December 6, 2019 By Tim Loh Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on...