(October 27, 2023, 12:27 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal magistrate judge in Illinois has partially granted and partially denied a motion by the state seeking to compel Monsanto Co. to produce documents in a lawsuit over alleged statewide contamination of waterways by polychlorinated biphenyls XE "polychlorinated
biphenyls" (PCBs). With regard to a request for documents related to third-party consultants, the judge ruled that the request is “overbroad, unduly burdensome and likely requests irrelevant information.”...