U.S. Government, Others File Briefs Favoring Monsanto’s Glyphosate Verdict Appeal

Mealey's (December 23, 2019, 1:45 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government on Dec. 20 filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of Monsanto Co.’s appeal of a glyphosate cancer verdict, contending that the plaintiff’s claims of failure to warn regarding Monsanto’s labeling of the herbicide Roundup, which contains the active ingredient glyphosate, are preempted by federal law (Edwin Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, No. 19-16636, 9th Cir.)....