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Weedkiller Cancer Claims Drive Bayer to Bigger Loss
The DOJ and EPA argue federal pesticide law preempts state cancer lawsuits against Bayer's Roundup, potentially blocking 67,000 cases and saving billions in liability.
- Yesterday, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency filed a joint brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging preemption in pesticide lawsuits. The brief argues FIFRA grants EPA authority to displace state claims.
- The Supreme Court accepted the case in January and scheduled oral arguments for April 27; DOJ and EPA argue FIFRA gives the EPA sole authority to determine pesticide warnings.
- Three of nine signers previously worked at law firms that represented Bayer, including Sarah M. Harris and Aaron Z. Roper from Williams & Connolly LLP, raising conflict questions.
- A Supreme Court ruling for preemption could bar state-law suits, ending many pending claims; Bayer has spent more than 11.8 billion euros and about 67,000 cases remain outstanding.
- EPA changes, including dismantling its research office last year and approving contentious pesticides like dicamba herbicide and PFAS 'forever' chemicals, fuel criticism alongside an academic journal retraction in December raising scientific-integrity concerns.
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The Trump administration yesterday handed Bayer another win, urging the Supreme Court in a new brief to side with the German pesticide company in a high-stakes legal case that could wipe out thousands of cancer lawsuits and potentially billions of dollars in liability tied to glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer. Three out of nine U.S. officials who signed the brief previously worked for law firms that have represented Bayer, raising questions …
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to back Bayer again, aided by [DOJ] officials who came from Bayer’s law firms...
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