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The California groundskeeper who won a lawsuit against Bayer’s Monsanto by claiming that Roundup herbicide caused his cancer has agreed to accept $78 million dollars.  Dewayne Johnson’s doing so against the advice of his lawyers because he wants to “ensure that the situation is resolved in his lifetime.”  The jury’s initial rewar...

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday ruled that federal district courts, not the federal court of appeals, have jurisdiction to review the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule. The decision, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, “brings greater clarity” to an issue that has “bogged down” the litigation for years.   AFBF general c...

Monsanto is vowing to continue its legal fight against California as the state will list glyphosate as a cancer-causing chemical. California will add glyphosate to its list of chemicals known to cause cancer on July 7th. Reuters said the designation of glyphosate follows an unsuccessful attempt by Monsanto to block the listing in trial court and after requests for a stay were denied by a state app

A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by six states challenging a California law that prohibits the sale of eggs from chickens that are not raised in accordance with strict space requirements.  On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that the states failed to show how the California law would affect them and not just individual egg farmers.  In...

On Monday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Washington Potato Company and Pasco Processing LLC.  DOJ alleges that the companies violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discriminating against immigrants during the employment eligibility verification process because of their citizenship status.  ...

Critics of the Waters of the U.S. rule will file opening briefs today (Tuesday) in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.  However, opponents of the rule cannot use or cite internal memos from the Army Corps of Engineers in their filings.  Those memos include comments from a top general objecting to the rulemaking process for WOTUS.  But the...

Columbia Legal Services started issuing checks this weekend to over 700 people involved in a lawsuit settlement that started back in March.  That suit alleges farm workers were fired in 2012, when they called 911 after a manager showed a firearm in a Yakima Valley orchard.  Th...