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• Bayer Appeals Roundup Lawsuits to U.S. Supreme Court Again

  April 7, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer has petitioned the Supreme Court for a third time to hear an appeal involving Roundup lawsuits, arguing that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma claims are preempted by federal laws.

• Flavored Vape Restrictions Upheld by Supreme Court

  April 3, 2025

  Michael Adams

  The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an FDA decision to block the marketing and sale of certain flavored e-cigarette products, targeted at minors.

• 3M Seeks Dismissal of More Than 100 Bair Hugger Infection Lawsuits

  March 11, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The manufacturer is asking a federal judge to throw out 103 Bair Hugger infection lawsuits, claiming that plaintiffs have yet to prove the surgical warming blanket was used on them.

• Funding Roundup Lawsuit Settlements May Require Bayer To Issue New Stock

  March 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer also indicates it may pull Roundup from the U.S. market, after failing repeatedly to get non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma lawsuits over the controversial weed killer dismissed in court.

• Philadelphia Jury Awards $78M in Roundup Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Lawsuit

  October 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A gardener diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma following use of Roundup for years has been awarded $78 million by a jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, including massive punitive damages.

• Appeals Court Finds Fosamax Lawsuits Over Femur Fractures Are Not Preempted

  September 24, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Hundreds of Fosamax lawsuits will be reinstated once again, after a federal appeals court rejected Merck's argument that the FDA prevented the company from adding warnings about the risk of femur fracture to the osteoporosis drug’s label.

• Philadelphia Roundup Lawsuit Ends in Defense Verdict for Monsanto

  September 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Bayer and Monsanto prevailed in a Roundup lawsuit that went to trial in Philadelphia this week, after a jury found that exposure to the herbicide did not cause a man to develop non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• White House Allocates $558M to Address “Maternal Health Crisis”

  August 28, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Funding is part of a blueprint drawn up by the White House to provide millions of dollars to help reverse growing maternal death rates in the U.S., and the loss of healthcare access following Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

• U.S. Appeals Court Finds Roundup Failure to Warn Claims Preempted by Federal Law

  August 22, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that failure to warn claims over the lack of Roundup cancer label warnings are preempted by federal law, setting up a split in the federal courts that may need to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Student Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against Ohio State University Allowed to Proceed By U.S. Supreme Court

  June 27, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The Supreme Court has refused an appeal by Ohio State University to prevent the reinstatement of more than 100 sexual abuse lawsuits made by former students who say they were assaulted by a former doctor.