The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation against Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit’s glyphosate-containing weedkiller Roundup allegedly causing cancer is considering excluding any regulatory assessments on glyphosate’s safety in a first phase of an upcoming test trial. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco during a hearing on Wednesday said he was considering bifurcating trials, with the initial phase focusing solely on the question of whether glyphosate was able to cause cancer in the plaintiff. To read the full story on WestlawNext Practitioner Insights, click here: bit.ly/2RDGYPG
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit into the potentially cancerous effects of Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller is considering a plan to exclude all regulatory findings on the safety of glyphosate from the first phase of an upcoming trial. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has agreed to hear arguments in a case brought by environmental groups and others who say that Monsanto should be barred from using its best-selling herbicide