In its report, called Seed Giants vs US Farmers , the CFS said it had tracked numerous law suits that Monsanto had brought against farmers and found some patent infringement suits against farmers and 56 small businesses in more than 27 states. However, one of those suits, against Indiana soybean farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman, is a potentially landmark patent case that could have wide implications for genetic engineering and who controls patents on living organisms.
Another co-author, CFS legal expert George Kimbrell, said victory in the Bowman case could help shift that balance of power back to farmers. The report also revealed the dominance that large firms and their genetically altered crops have in the US and global market.
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Brent Wisner represents thousands of people from across the nation who were exposed to Roundup and later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
He served on the trial team in the first three Roundup cancer lawsuits to go before a jury and was co-lead trial counsel in the first and third trials. The first case to proceed to trial, Dewayne Johnson v. Importantly, the jury also found that Monsanto acted with malice, oppression, or fraud and should be punished for its conduct.
Brent was also part of the trial team in the case of Edwin Hardeman v. At trial, Brent presented one of the key fact witnesses Dr. Christopher Portier and cross-examined most of the corporate witnesses. In the third Monsanto lawsuit to go before a jury, Pilliod et al. Monsanto Company , Brent again took on the role of co-lead trial counsel.
Read his full interview with Der Spiegel here. Attorney Brent Wisner appeared as a guest on the show "The Doctors" and called out glyphosate and Monsanto. No, the individual Roundup lawsuits over the link to non-Hodgkin lymphoma are not part of a Monsanto class action.
The individual Roundup cancer lawsuits seek remedy for injuries non-Hodgkin lymphoma sustained as a result of being exposed to Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate. The Monsanto class actions filed in multiple states allege that the enzyme glyphosate targets exists in people and pets. Per the class actions:. Although humans and other mammals themselves do not have a shikimate pathway, the shikimate pathway is present in bacteria, including beneficial bacteria that inhabit the mammalian gut and are essential to overall health.
Just like it inhibits EPSP synthase in weeds, the active ingredient in Roundup inhibits EPSP synthase in these human and pet gut bacteria, and just like it targets weeds, the active ingredient in Roundup targets the human and pet gut bacteria. Individual lawsuits against Monsanto seek remedy for personal injuries non-Hodgkin lymphoma sustained as a result of exposure to Roundup. Farmers, farm workers, horticulturalists, landscapers, gardeners, government employees, and a host of other people have filed individual lawsuits against Monsanto based on allegations that Monsanto knew about the link between exposure to Roundup and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but failed to warn consumers.
The United States government supported aerial spraying of Roundup, even spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fund it. The company has faced numerous lawsuits for various reasons, but in the past decade or so, there have been some serious claims made against the company.
At Domina Law Group, our lawyers understand the legal matters being taken against Monsanto and we want to help our clients understand their rights to pursue a lawsuit. Monsanto admitted to the allegations of violating Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by falsifying information they placed in their documentation. Instead, it outlined a new proposal.
Bayer said it "will immediately engage with partners to discuss the future of glyphosate-based products in the U. The company said it will continue to supply glyphosate products for agricultural users. The company also said it will seek approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to include a link on Roundup labels to inform consumers of studies about the product. He said that would inoculate the company from future litigation, most of which has been brought on the theory that the company has failed to warn consumers of the cancer link to Roundup.
The company also said it would continue to pursue appeals of the jury verdicts.
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