Solicitor General: High Court Should Not Hear FIFRA Glyphosate Preemption Case

Mealey's (May 11, 2022, 1:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. solicitor general on May 10 filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that it should not hear Monsanto Co.’s appeal of a federal appellate ruling in favor of a glyphosate cancer victim because the lower court correctly held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preempt the claims and there is no conflict with decisions in other courts or with the standards applied when considering the admissibility of expert testimony....