Hardeman – Glyphosate Litigation Facts

March 31, 2019

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Jackpot Junk Science: Scientists say a weed killer is safe, but a judge excludes evidence.

The Wall Street Journal | By The Editorial Board
After the WHO agency’s determination, the Environmental Protection Agency convened its own panel to review glyphosate. The scientists conducted a “comprehensive systematic review of studies submitted to the agency and available in the open literature,” the EPA’s director of the Office of Pesticide Programs, Richard Keigwin, wrote last year. They concluded “glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic in humans.”

March 27, 2019

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Bayer Statement on Jury’s Decision in Phase 2 of California Glyphosate Trial

Bayer released the following statement in reaction to the phase two verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Hardeman v Monsanto, a trial conducted in the federal glyphosate multi-district litigation before Judge Vince Chhabria in the Northern District of California. “We are disappointed with the jury’s decision, but this verdict does not change […]

March 26, 2019

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Final Phase 2 Instructions in Hardeman

On March 26, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria in the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the final Phase 2 jury instructions for the Hardeman v. Monsanto trial. Read the Court’s jury instructions here.

March 20, 2019

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Roundup Lost a Lawsuit, But We Still Don’t Know if It Causes Cancer

Lifehacker | By Beth Skwarecki
This week a jury found that a man’s use of Roundup on weeds in his yard was a “substantial factor” in causing the cancer that he developed years later. But court cases are not scientific studies, and scientists are still divided on whether glyphosate should really be considered a carcinogen.

March 19, 2019

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Bayer Statement on Jury’s Decision in Phase 1 of California Glyphosate Trial

Bayer released the following statement in reaction to a phase one verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Hardeman v Monsanto, a trial conducted in the federal glyphosate multi-district litigation before Judge Vince Chhabria in the Northern District of California. The jury reached a decision in this first phase on causation, but […]

March 12, 2019

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Final Phase 1 Instructions in Hardeman

On March 12, 2019, Judge Vince Chhabria in the federal MDL in District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the final Phase 1 jury instructions for the Hardeman v. Monsanto trial. Read the Court’s jury instructions here.

March 8, 2019

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Q&A: Alston & Bird’s Clay Massey on evidence in Roundup bellwether trial

Reuters | By Tina Bellon
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco, who is overseeing the Roundup multidistrict litigation and the currently ongoing test trial, in the past has frequently described plaintiffs’ evidence of Roundup allegedly causing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as “weak” and “shaky.”

February 25, 2019

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Bayer Statement on Hardeman Trial in San Francisco Opening

The following is Bayer’s statement regarding the commencement of the Hardeman glyphosate-based herbicide trial before Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. This is the first case in the glyphosate federal multi-district litigation (MDL) to go to trial. “While we have great sympathy for Mr. Hardeman, the extensive […]

February 25, 2019

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Monsanto MDL Judge Threatens Atty Sanctions As Trial Starts

Law360 | By Dorothy Atkins
A California federal judge overseeing a high-profile jury trial over claims Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer blasted the plaintiff’s attorney on the first day of trial Monday, saying she’d intentionally revealed restricted information in her opening statements for the trial’s first phase, and threatening her with sanctions.

February 25, 2019

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Trial Over Roundup Cancer Claim Begins With Judge’s Sanction Threat

Courthouse News Service | By Helen Christophi
On the first day of a federal jury trial over whether Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup caused a California man’s cancer, a San Francisco judge threatened to sanction the man’s lawyer for discussing prohibited evidence in front of the jury.

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