Bloomberg Law
Feb. 29, 2016, 1:27 PM UTC

Monsanto GC to His Attorneys: If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out

Blake Edwards

Late last year, lawsuits began piling up against Monsanto over the company’s popular herbicide, Roundup, on the heels of a World Health Organization report that glyphosate, the herbicide’s main ingredient, is probably carcinogenic.

According to plaintiffs, not only does glyphosate present a cancer risk, Monsanto was aware of the dangers and failed to inform consumers. Monsanto is denying the charge, and countering that the WHO study on glyphosate is wrong in the first place.

Regardless of how the litigation turns out, it’s not the sort of thing you want in the headlines as a General Counsel, but these types of lawsuits are nothing ...

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