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Federal appeals court affirms $25 million judgment in Bayer’s Roundup cancer case

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In 2019, the jury found that the manufacturer was negligent, and the design on Roundup lacked sufficient cancer warnings. The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million.

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Los Angeles announces lawsuit against Monsanto for PCB contamination

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The public nuisance lawsuit alleges that Monsanto knew the industrial chemical they manufactured, polychlorinated biphenyl (“PCB”), was highly toxic and would produce environmental contamination and risks to animal and human health, yet they continued to promote and sell these products and publicly deny their danger. .”

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In its stay motion, the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) argued that the court had already determined that its challenge to the EPA standards was likely to be successful and that the NHTSA standards could not function without the EPA standards. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. 16-1430 (D.C. N20C-09-097 (Del.

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