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(Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG said that reaching its full-year forecast looks increasingly ambitious as bad weather threatens its agricultural divisions performance, while reporting that the number of plaintiffs in Roundup weedkiller suits increased. The number of…

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer AG , which completed the takeover of U.S.-based Monsanto last year, has been dealt a legal blow in Brazil as more farmers joined a lawsuit challenging the protection of a key soy seed patent. …

Germany's Bayer dealt new legal blow as more Brazil farmers challenge soy patent

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith on Thursday slashed a punitive damages award from $2.055 billio…

A judge has cut a jury award in a lawsuit that found that Monsantos Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a California couple from $2.055 billion to $87 million, the third time a judge has reduced an award in a lawsuit over the disputed chemical. The judge said…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A judge has cut a jury award in a lawsuit that found that Monsanto's Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a California couple from $2.055 billion to $87 million, the third time a judge has reduced an award in a lawsuit over the disputed che…

Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damages awards were excessive and unconstitutional. (File) A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the …

A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion US jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million US. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superi…

(Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California…

By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge …