Civil Litigation
Mar. 10, 2021
National lawyers group objects to Roundup settlement
The group said in a notice of joinder in opposition filed in federal court in San Francisco that the settlement harms proposed class members and will help the company escape liability.
The president of The National Trial Lawyers and its 14,000 members are opposing the $2 billion settlement plan to resolve claims from future plaintiffs who allege Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.
The group said on Monday in a notice of joinder in opposition filed in federal court in San Francisco that the settlement harms proposed class members and will help the company escape liability.
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