Parties Debate Preemption Of Glyphosate Cancer Claims Before 9th Circuit

Mealey's (October 27, 2020, 2:35 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Attorneys for Monsanto Co. and a man who contends that his exposure to the company’s herbicide Roundup, which contains that active ingredient glyphosate, caused his cancer debated Oct. 23 before a panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals whether the claims at issue in the trial were preempted (Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-16253, 9th Cir.)....