Mealey's (November 15, 2021, 9:53 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Monsanto Co. on Nov. 10 filed a brief in California federal court arguing that “offensive use” of a causation verdict in a separate, but related, case to deprive Monsanto of its complete causation defense in the matter at hand is improper under California law and would “undermine” the progression of nationwide mass tort litigation in which multiple plaintiffs allege that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup caused them to develop cancer....