Insights and Stories on Settlement

Bayer reportedly near glyphosate settlement after lengthy talks

Jun. 23, 2020 at 2:51 pm CDT

Reuters — Germany’s Bayer is set to reach a settlement this week with U.S. plaintiffs that claim its glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. After more than a year of talks, however, some details and the overall amount of the settlement have yet to […]

Bayer reported inching toward glyphosate settlement

Mar. 13, 2020 at 8:35 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bayer considers new tactic in Roundup settlement talks

Jan. 31, 2020 at 9:38 pm CST

By Arno Schuetze Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

U.S. EPA reaffirms glyphosate does not cause cancer

Jan. 30, 2020 at 5:05 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Bayer mediator dismisses report of Roundup settlement

Aug. 11, 2019 at 12:22 am CDT

By jonathan-stempel Ludwig Burger

Bayer seeks glyphosate litigation advice as Elliott reveals stake

Jun. 26, 2019 at 3:44 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Chemicals giant Bayer , under pressure from activist shareholders, said on Wednesday it has hired an external lawyer to advise its supervisory board and has set up a committee to help resolve a multi-billion dollar glyphosate litigation issue. Bayer has seen its share price tumble in […]

By Reuters

CP’s signal maintainers ratify three-year deal

Jul. 5, 2018 at 8:17 pm CDT

Signal and communications employees with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have voted to accept a tentative three-year deal that helped end a 33-hour work stoppage in late May. CP and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council No. 11, which represents 360 CP signal maintainers, announced Friday the union’s […]

By Staff

U.S. farmers seek approval of GMO corn settlement with Syngenta

Mar. 12, 2018 at 8:09 pm CDT

Reuters –– U.S. farmers suing Syngenta over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified (GMO) strain of corn before China approved importing it sought court approval on Monday of a record US$1.51 billion settlement with the Swiss seed company. The deal covers U.S. corn producers, grain handling facilities and ethanol […]

By Brendan Pierson

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

Sep. 26, 2017 at 2:53 pm CDT

Reuters — Syngenta has agreed to pay close to US$1.5 billion to resolve lawsuits stemming from its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Swiss company confirmed that it has reached a settlement, […]

By Nate Raymond

Beef processor cuts deal with ABC in ‘pink slime’ defamation case

Jun. 28, 2017 at 1:11 pm CDT

Reuters — Beef Products Inc. has settled a closely watched defamation lawsuit against American Broadcasting Co. and its reporter Jim Avila, the meat processor said on Wednesday. BPI had claimed that ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co., and Avila defamed the company by calling its ground-beef product “pink slime” […]

By Timothy McLaughlin

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