EU member states will be told to pay particular attention to the protection of animals such as voles or wildflowers in risk analyses.

EU extends glyphosate authorization

European farmers will be able to use the herbicide for at least another decade, but it’s not without conditions

Reuters – The European Union has authorized the use of glyphosate for 10 more years, but there will be new conditions, the EU Commission announced Nov. 16. The current period of authorization was set to expire in mid-December. New restrictions will include measures to protect animals and plants that are not the actual target of glyphosate use. The



Impossible Foods sues startup Motif Foodworks over meatless burger patent

Reuters – Meatless burger maker Impossible Foods is suing competitor Motif Foodworks, accusing the startup of copying its technology for imitating the taste of real meat. The U.S. lawsuit, filed in Delaware Federal Court, said Motif, a spinoff of biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks infringes an Impossible Foods patent by using the protein molecule heme in

Employees walk around with face masks at the JBS USA meat packing plant at Greeley, Colorado on April 14, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

JBS reaches ‘icebreaker’ settlement of beef price-fixing claims

Reuters — JBS has agreed to pay US$52.5 million to settle litigation accusing meatpacking companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $63 billion-a-year U.S. beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit. The preliminary settlement by the Brazilian company and its U.S. units with so-called direct purchasers was disclosed on Tuesday, and


2011 flood lawsuit settlement pending court OK

2011 flood lawsuit settlement pending court OK

The $85.5-million settlement is pending court approval early next year

Those suing the province in a class-action lawsuit driven by 2011 flooding around Lake Manitoba have got a possible dollar amount for their settlement — pending approval by the courts. Why it matters: The 2011 flood may have been a decade ago, but a legal question around Lake Manitoba flooding that year is just now

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Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

Plaintiff's settlement demands unreasonable, company said

Reuters — A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup herbicide was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on Thursday, delivering the chemical giant its second trial victory over claims the popular herbicide causes cancer. The jury in San Bernardino County found that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was not caused by her exposure


File photo of the former CWB building in downtown Winnipeg.

Proposed CWB class action suit takes another step

LEGAL | Lawyer Anders Bruun says he’s confident the certification application will be successful

A class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada and G3 Canada Limited, alleging millions of dollars of farmers’ money was improperly used to privatize the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) in 2012, is a step closer to certification. In Winnipeg Nov. 22 Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Chris Martin heard from lawyers representing the plaintiff and defence



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U.S. judge rejects Roundup settlement plan as ‘unreasonable’

Proposal would cover suits over future illnesses

Reuters — A U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s US$2 billion class action proposal to resolve future lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, saying in a Wednesday order that parts of the plan were “clearly unreasonable.” U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the proposal “would accomplish a lot for Monsanto,” which Bayer

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U.S. judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Roundup settlement

'The last question is a killer'

Reuters — A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday questioned a US$2 billion proposal by Bayer that would create a framework for resolving future claims that its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, casting doubt on the plan a day before a key hearing. Bayer and class action attorneys hope U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco