(March 19, 2018, 10:13 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Monsanto Co. on March 9 filed a brief in the Roundup multidistrict litigation in California federal court, arguing that an individual plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict should be denied because it is “premature” at this stage of the litigation (In re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation [Ralph Applegate v Monsanto Co.], MDL 2741, No. 18-663, N.D. Calif.)....