Municipalities File Renewed Motion To Approve $550M PCB Contamination Settlement

(January 13, 2021, 2:09 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Thirteen municipalities filed a renewed motion in federal court in California on Dec. 31 seeking preliminary approval of a $550 million class settlement with Monsanto Co. and its subsidiaries to resolve allegations over contamination stemming from products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), arguing that the new settlement agreement remedies problems identified by a judge who denied approval of the settlement in November....