- Bayer AG hired Skadden Arps partner John Beisner and set up a special committee to advise its executives on how to deal with allegations that Roundup weed killer causes cancer. This comes after more than $2.2 billion in damages verdicts in the first three trials over the glyphosate-based product. (BN via BLAW)
- Beisner, who is head of Skadden’s mass torts, insurance and consumer litigation group, is known as a fighter, not a peacemaker. He has represented companies including Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. in their fights against multi-billion dollar product liability suits. Plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier, ...
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