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Torts/Personal Injury

Mar. 19, 2025

MDL lead counsel call Monsanto fee division 'unfair'

MDL counsel challenge a San Francisco judge's $24 million fee split in the Roundup litigation, claiming it undervalues their work against Monsanto. Objections loom this week.

MDL lead counsel call Monsanto fee division 'unfair'
U.S. District Judge Chhabria

A San Francisco federal judge's order to distribute $24 million in common benefit fund fees to seven plaintiffs' firms in the multidistrict Roundup litigation against Monsanto Company is under fire after one of the co-lead attorneys in the coordinated proceeding echoed his colleagues' past frustrations and objected to the judge's order on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Chhabria wrote that the "degree to which MDL plaintiffs benefitted from the work performed by ...

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