Judge:  Attorneys Entitled To Some ‘Holdback’ Money Recovered In Roundup Cases

Mealey's (June 23, 2021, 12:32 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on June 21 partially granted and partially denied a motion to hold back a percentage of the money recovered by plaintiffs who sued Monsanto Co. for injuries related to the herbicide Roundup, ruling that the initial request of co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel was “far-reaching” but then concluding that a modified version of the proposal was appropriate....