Bloomberg Law
Aug. 14, 2018, 11:01 AM UTC

Wake Up Call: After $289 Mil. Verdict, Plaintiffs Lawyers Look to Pile on Roundup Suits

• After a San Francisco jury last week awarded more than $289 million to a former groundskeeper who said he got cancer from Monsanto’s weed killer, plaintiffs lawyers are looking to hit the company with more Roundup lawsuits. “I had 200 calls this morning from people wanting to sign up,” said one attorney. ( The Recorder ) Two months after closing its $66 billion purchase of Monsanto, Bayer AG now faces a legal quagmire over Roundup. ( Bloomberg )

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk is already getting sued and investigated over his controversial plan to take the company private. Yesterday, he tweeted ...

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